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Great Fiction Everyone Needs to Read - Page 3

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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Far From the Madding Crowd (Hardy, Thomas)
Far From the Madding Crowd
Hardy, Thomas
82
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
83
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
84
The Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkien
85
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
86
The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
The Fixer
Bernard Malamud
87
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
88
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
89
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
Umberto Eco
90
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
91
Gentlemen's Agreement (Laura Z. Hobson)
Gentlemen's Agreement
Laura Z. Hobson
92
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
Elmore Leonard
93
The Ginger Man (J.P. Donleavy)
The Ginger Man
J.P. Donleavy
94
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel
95
The Glass Key (Hammett)
The Glass Key
Hammett
96
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go-Between
L.P. Hartley
97
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
98
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford
99
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
100
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
101
The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald
102
The Greek Passion (Kazantzakis)
The Greek Passion
Kazantzakis
103
The Green Man (Kingsley Amis)
The Green Man
Kingsley Amis
104
Group Portrait With Lady (Bõll)
Group Portrait With Lady
Bõll
105
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
106
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
107
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
108
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
Greene
109
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
Saul Bellow
110
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
Nick Hornby
111
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica
Richard Hughes
112
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
113
The Horla and Others: Guy De Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Mu (Guy De Maupassant)
The Horla and Others: Guy De Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Mu
Guy De Maupassant
114
The House Next Door (Anne Rivers Siddon)
The House Next Door
Anne Rivers Siddon
115
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
116
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
Nathaniel Hawthorne
117
How It Is
How It Is
118
Howards End (E. M. Forster)
Howards End
E. M. Forster
119
The Hyperion Cantos (Dan Simmons)
The Hyperion Cantos
Dan Simmons
120
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
Anna Kavan
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