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100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover's Guide

Written by David C. Major in 2001. This is a description of 100 (and one extra) short books from various genres.
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
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A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
3
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
4
The Education of Oscar Fairfax (Louis Auchincloss)
The Education of Oscar Fairfax (Louis Auchincloss)
5
Growing Up (Russell Baker)
Growing Up (Russell Baker)
6
Wartime Lies (Louis Begley)
Wartime Lies (Louis Begley)
7
Queen Lucia
Queen Lucia
8
Hacks at Lunch (Mary Bringle)
Hacks at Lunch (Mary Bringle)
9
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
10
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
11
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
12
In Patagonia (Chatwin)
In Patagonia (Chatwin)
13
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
14
Mrs.Bridge (Evan S. Connell)
Mrs.Bridge (Evan S. Connell)
15
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
16
The Road From Coorain (Jill Ker Conway)
The Road From Coorain (Jill Ker Conway)
17
Microcosmographia Academica: Being a Guide for the Young Academic Politician (F.M. Cornford)
Microcosmographia Academica: Being a Guide for the Young Academic Politician (F.M. Cornford)
18
Auntie Mame (Patrick Dennis)
Auntie Mame (Patrick Dennis)
19
The Ten Thousand Things (Maria Dermout)
The Ten Thousand Things (Maria Dermout)
20
Mr. Dimock Explores the Mysteries of the East (Edward Cameron Dimock)
Mr. Dimock Explores the Mysteries of the East (Edward Cameron Dimock)
21
Flying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years (Hugh Dundas)
Flying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years (Hugh Dundas)
22
The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet (Freeman J. Dyson)
The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet (Freeman J. Dyson)
23
Write If You Get Work: The Best of Bob and Ray (Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding)
Write If You Get Work: The Best of Bob and Ray (Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding)
24
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays] (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays] (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
25
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
26
Paris Was Yesterday: 1925-1939 (Janet Flanner)
Paris Was Yesterday: 1925-1939 (Janet Flanner)
27
Where Angels Fear to Tread (E.M. Forster)
Where Angels Fear to Tread (E.M. Forster)
28
Name-Dropping (John Kenneth Galbraith)
Name-Dropping (John Kenneth Galbraith)
29
Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana
30
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon
31
84, Charing Cross (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross (Helene Hanff)
32
Fadeout
Fadeout
33
Beowulf
Beowulf
34
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
35
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
36
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
37
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
38
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
39
Washington Square
Washington Square
40
The Country of the Pointed Firs (Sarah Orne Jewett)
The Country of the Pointed Firs (Sarah Orne Jewett)
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