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100 of James's Favorite Novels and Short Story Collections

These are not the only books our retired teacher and unrepentant book nerd considers to be favorites, but they are ones he always thinks of when asked to recommend something to read.
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Remarque
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Background to Danger (Ambler)
Background to Danger
Ambler
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Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
Crossley-Holland
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The Best of R.A. Lafferty (R.A. Lafferty)
The Best of R.A. Lafferty
R.A. Lafferty
5
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
James Ellroy
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The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
James Ellroy
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The Blood Kiss (Etchison)
The Blood Kiss
Etchison
8
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
Greene
9
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Miller
10
Carrion Comfort (Simmons)
Carrion Comfort
Simmons
11
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
12
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke
13
Children of the Night (Simmons)
Children of the Night
Simmons
14
A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Burgess
15
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
Ambler
16
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
Greene
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Company (Beckett)
Company
Beckett
18
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989
Samuel Beckett
20
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
21
The Crook Factory (Simmons)
The Crook Factory
Simmons
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The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
Gary
23
The Dark Country (Dennis Etchison)
The Dark Country
Dennis Etchison
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The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed
25
Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula
Stoker
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Drood (Simmons)
Drood
Simmons
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Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
Joyce
28
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective
Harlan Ellison
29
The Expendable Spy (Hunter)
The Expendable Spy
Hunter
30
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
31
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
Umberto Eco
32
Funeral in Berlin (Deighton)
Funeral in Berlin
Deighton
33
Gates of Fire (Steven Pressfield)
Gates of Fire
Steven Pressfield
34
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel
35
The Good German (Joseph Kanon)
The Good German
Joseph Kanon
36
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
37
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer
Joseph Conrad
38
Hell House (Richard Marheson)
Hell House
Richard Marheson
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
40
The Iliad
The Iliad
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