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Great Fiction Everyone Needs to Read - Page 2

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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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
42
Cause for Alarm (Ambler)
Cause for Alarm
Ambler
43
Centennial (James A. Michener)
Centennial
James A. Michener
44
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke
45
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
Chaim Potok
46
A Christmas Carol (Penguin Classics)
A Christmas Carol
Penguin Classics
47
A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Burgess
48
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
49
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
Ambler
50
Collected Ghost Stories (M.R James)
Collected Ghost Stories
M.R James
51
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
Greene
52
Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
53
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
54
A Confederate General From Big Sur (Brautigan)
A Confederate General From Big Sur
Brautigan
55
Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
Cosmicomics
Italo Calvino
56
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
57
The Crook Factory (Simmons)
The Crook Factory
Simmons
58
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
59
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
Gary
60
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
Harlan Ellison
61
Dangling Man (Bellow)
Dangling Man
Bellow
62
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls
Gogol
63
Demian (Hesse)
Demian
Hesse
64
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
65
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin
66
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick
67
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
James M. Cain
68
Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula
Stoker
69
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
Joyce
70
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
Frank Herbert
71
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
72
Emma (Austen, Jane)
Emma
Austen, Jane
73
The End of the Affair (Greene)
The End of the Affair
Greene
74
Enough Rope (Lawrence Block)
Enough Rope
Lawrence Block
75
The Erasers
The Erasers
76
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective
Harlan Ellison
77
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton
78
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Flannery O'Connor
79
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle
Ken Follett
80
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
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