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Best Books Read Since Retirement by a Former English Professor

A diverse list of books I have really enjoyed over the past 9 years. I primarily read novels and also am catching up on classics I have not read before now.
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Foster (Claire Keegan)
Foster (Claire Keegan)
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Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
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The Night Watchman (Louise Erdrich)
The Night Watchman (Louise Erdrich)
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The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
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A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
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Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
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The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
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Rodham (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Rodham (Curtis Sittenfeld)
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Florida (Lauren Groff)
Florida (Lauren Groff)
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The Return of Faraz Ali (Aamina Ahmad)
The Return of Faraz Ali (Aamina Ahmad)
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Grand Hotel (Vicky Baum)
Grand Hotel (Vicky Baum)
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Metamorphoses Ovid
Metamorphoses Ovid
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The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
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Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (Lorrie Moore)
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (Lorrie Moore)
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Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman (Anna Burns)
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Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
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Moonfleet (J. Meade Falkner)
Moonfleet (J. Meade Falkner)
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The Kindness of Strangers (Salka Viertel)
The Kindness of Strangers (Salka Viertel)
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The Pastor's Wife (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
The Pastor's Wife (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
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My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
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Escape Velocity (Susan Wolfe)
Escape Velocity (Susan Wolfe)
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The River (Peter Heller)
The River (Peter Heller)
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
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Precious Bane (Mary Webb)
Precious Bane (Mary Webb)
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Gone to Earth (Mary Webb)
Gone to Earth (Mary Webb)
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The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
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The Friend (Sigrid Nunez)
The Friend (Sigrid Nunez)
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Meditations
Meditations
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On the Nature of Things (Lucretius)
On the Nature of Things (Lucretius)
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Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
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The Expendable Man (Dorothy B. Hughes)
The Expendable Man (Dorothy B. Hughes)
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Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
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The Story of Lucy Gault (William Trevor)
The Story of Lucy Gault (William Trevor)
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The Fountain Overflows (Rebecca West)
The Fountain Overflows (Rebecca West)
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Police at the Station and They Don't Look That Friendly (Adrian McKinty)
Police at the Station and They Don't Look That Friendly (Adrian McKinty)
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