I feel like this is cheating as I have read three of the books in this list already.
I'll give two each to:
- Conrad, as shorter might be better on a holiday month
- Faulkner, as I wrote my thesis on him and this is one of my favorites
- Parry, as I can't not vote for my own nomination
I will save my last three to see if anything is neck and neck later on.
I can't bring myself to vote for Proulx as I remember being profoundly disturbed by that book on first reading.