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Great Fiction Everyone Needs to Read

A personal and idiosyncratic list of great novels and short fiction ( no drama or poetry ; those would be separate lists) by a former teacher of writing and literature. Some may be surprised by what is on this list ( and by what is NOT!), but these are the classics, literary fiction, and genre fiction that matter to me. The list should not be taken as exhaustive or authoritative.
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11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
Stephen King
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1984 (Orwell)
1984
Orwell
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The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
Anne Brontë
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Remarque
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American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
Neil Gaiman
10
American Tabloid
American Tabloid
11
Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
Ancient Sorceries
Algernon Blackwood
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
13
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
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August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
Solzhenitsyn
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Background to Danger (Ambler)
Background to Danger
Ambler
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Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
Anthony Trollope
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Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur
Lew Wallace
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Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman
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The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock
Kenneth Fearing
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The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
James Ellroy
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The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep
Chandler
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Billiards at Half-Past Nine (Heinrich Böll)
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
Heinrich Böll
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Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor
Herman Melville
26
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
27
The Bostonians (Henry James)
The Bostonians
Henry James
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Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
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Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock
31
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
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A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
Greene
33
The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)
The Caine Mutiny
Herman Wouk
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Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Miller
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Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini)
Captain Blood
Rafael Sabatini
37
Carrion Comfort (Simmons)
Carrion Comfort
Simmons
38
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
Franz Kafka
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
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