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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
1
Claire Keegan
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
2
Larry McMurtry
The Night Watchman (Louise Erdrich)
The Night Watchman
3
Louise Erdrich
The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
The Great Believers
4
Rebecca Makkai
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
5
Christopher Isherwood
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
6
Henry Roth
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer
7
James Fenimore Cooper
Rodham (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Rodham
8
Curtis Sittenfeld
Florida (Lauren Groff)
Florida
9
Lauren Groff
The Return of Faraz Ali (Aamina Ahmad)
The Return of Faraz Ali
10
Aamina Ahmad
Grand Hotel (Vicky Baum)
Grand Hotel
11
Vicky Baum
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
12
Ovid
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
13
N. K. Jemisin
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (Lorrie Moore)
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
14
Lorrie Moore
Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman
15
Anna Burns
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
16
Margaret Atwood
Moonfleet (J. Meade Falkner)
Moonfleet
17
J. Meade Falkner
The Kindness of Strangers (Salka Viertel)
The Kindness of Strangers
18
Salka Viertel
The Pastor's Wife (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
The Pastor's Wife
19
Elizabeth Von Arnim
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
20
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Escape Velocity
Escape Velocity
21
Susan Wolfe
The River (Peter Heller)
The River
22
Peter Heller
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
23
Olga Tokarczuk
Precious Bane (Mary Webb)
Precious Bane
24
Mary Webb
Gone to Earth (Mary Webb)
Gone to Earth
25
Mary Webb
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
26
Sei Shonagon
The Friend (Sigrid Nunez)
The Friend
27
Sigrid Nunez
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
28
Marcus Aurelius
On the Nature of Things (Lucretius)
On the Nature of Things
29
Lucretius
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans
30
Jung Chang
The Expendable Man (Dorothy B. Hughes)
The Expendable Man
31
Dorothy B. Hughes
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
32
George Saunders
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
33
Anonymous
The Story of Lucy Gault (William Trevor)
The Story of Lucy Gault
34
William Trevor
The Fountain Overflows (Rebecca West)
The Fountain Overflows
35
Rebecca West
Police at the Station and They Don't Look That Friendly (Adrian McKinty)
Police at the Station and They Don't Look That Friendly
36
Adrian McKinty
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