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A Retired Professor's Lifetime Reading List

This is not an exhaustive list, but it's a start--and too many more would be cumbersome. It's been fun to recall all these--hope you enjoy as well.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The 19th Wife (David Ebershoff)
The 19th Wife
2
David Ebershoff
212 (Alafair Burke)
212
3
Alafair Burke
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
4
William Faulkner
The Absent One (Jussi Adler-Olsen)
The Absent One
5
Jussi Adler-Olsen
Abundance (Sena Jeter Naslund)
Abundance
6
Sena Jeter Naslund
The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
7
ACCUSED (LISA SCOTTOLINE)
ACCUSED
8
LISA SCOTTOLINE
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
9
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
10
Mark Twain
After I'm Gone (Laura Lippman)
After I'm Gone
11
Laura Lippman
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan by Aldous Huxley
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan by Aldous Huxley
12
The After Party (Anton Disclafani)
The After Party
13
Anton Disclafani
After This
After This
14
Against All Odds (Danielle Steel)
Against All Odds
15
Danielle Steel
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
16
Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
17
Edith Wharton
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
18
Anne Brontë
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
19
Margaret Atwood
Alice Adams
Alice Adams
20
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
21
Lewis Carroll
The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
22
Caleb Carr
All Fall Down (Jennifer Weiner)
All Fall Down
23
Jennifer Weiner
All Is Not Forgotten (Wendy Walker)
All Is Not Forgotten
24
Wendy Walker
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
25
Robert Penn Warren
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
26
Anthony Doerr
All the Missing Girls (Megan Miranda)
All the Missing Girls
27
Megan Miranda
All the Stars in the Heavens (Trigiani)
All the Stars in the Heavens
28
Trigiani
ALYS, ALWAYS (HARRIET LANE)
ALYS, ALWAYS
29
HARRIET LANE
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
30
Henry James
The American Heiress (Daisy Goodwin)
The American Heiress
31
Daisy Goodwin
The American Heiress (Dorothy Eden)
The American Heiress
32
Dorothy Eden
American Wife (Curtis Sittenfeld)
American Wife
33
Curtis Sittenfeld
The Americans (Henry James)
The Americans
34
Henry James
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
35
Theodore Dreiser
An Impartial Witness (Charles Todd)
An Impartial Witness
36
Charles Todd
An Old Fashioned Girl (Louisa May Alcott)
An Old Fashioned Girl
37
Louisa May Alcott
And After the Fire (Lauren Belfer)
And After the Fire
38
Lauren Belfer
And Then There Were None (By Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (By Agatha Christie)
39
Andersonville
Andersonville
40
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