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For the Simple Love of Reading

An eclectic list from the catawampus bookshelves of a fifty-something reader (and former English major)
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Winters Tale
Winters Tale
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Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero (Charles Sprawson)
Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero
2
Charles Sprawson
Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
Phantom Tollbooth
3
Norton Juster
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles
4
Madeline Miller
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Shel Silverstein)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
5
Shel Silverstein
Parnassus on Wheels (Christopher Morley)
Parnassus on Wheels
6
Christopher Morley
The Mouse and His Child (Russell Hoban)
The Mouse and His Child
7
Russell Hoban
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
8
Scott O'Dell
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
9
Milan Kundera
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
10
Saul Bellow
Blood Wedding (Federico García Lorca)
Blood Wedding
11
Federico García Lorca
Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense (Edward Lear)
Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense
12
Edward Lear
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
13
Yann Martel
Up a Road Slowly (Irene Hunt)
Up a Road Slowly
14
Irene Hunt
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
15
Mark Z. Danielewski
City (Clifford D. Simak)
City
16
Clifford D. Simak
Flatland (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland
17
Edwin A. Abbott
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
18
Stanislaw Lem
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
19
Arthur C. Clarke
Babette's Feast, Isak Dinesen
Babette's Feast, Isak Dinesen
20
Master Harold...And the Boys
Master Harold...And the Boys
21
Something Happened
Something Happened
22
Enchiridion (Epictetus)
Enchiridion
23
Epictetus
The Soul of an Octopus (Sy Montgomery)
The Soul of an Octopus
24
Sy Montgomery
The Last Temptation of Christ (Nikos Kazantzakis)
The Last Temptation of Christ
25
Nikos Kazantzakis
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
26
Stephen King
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
27
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
28
Vladimir Nabokov
Semiosis (Sue Burke)
Semiosis
29
Sue Burke
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine (Lindsey Fitzharris)
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
30
Lindsey Fitzharris
Animalia
Animalia
31
The Confessions of Young Nero (Margaret George)
The Confessions of Young Nero
32
Margaret George
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
33
Harlan Ellison
Under the Wide and Starry Sky (Nancy Horan)
Under the Wide and Starry Sky
34
Nancy Horan
He She and It (Marge Piercy)
He She and It
35
Marge Piercy
Manuscript Found in Accra (Paulo Coelho)
Manuscript Found in Accra
36
Paulo Coelho
Jurgen, a Comedy of Justice
Jurgen, a Comedy of Justice
37
The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)
The Stories of John Cheever
38
John Cheever
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset)
Kristin Lavransdatter
39
Sigrid Undset
Roadside Picnic (Boris and Arkady Sturgatsky)
Roadside Picnic
40
Boris and Arkady Sturgatsky
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