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Great Fiction Everyone Needs to Read - Page 6

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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The Ox-Bow Incident (Clark, Walter Van Tilburg)
The Ox-Bow Incident
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
202
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
203
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition
William Gibson
204
Petersburg Tales (Nikolai Gogol)
Petersburg Tales
Nikolai Gogol
205
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Joyce
206
The Power and the Glory (Greene)
The Power and the Glory
Greene
207
The Quiet American (Greene)
The Quiet American
Greene
208
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
Henryk Sienkiewicz
209
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
John Updike
210
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier
211
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
Stendhal
212
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories
Stephen Crane
213
Redshirts (John Scalzi)
Redshirts
John Scalzi
214
The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Return of the King
J.R.R. Tolkien
215
Ring (Koji Suzuki)
Ring
Koji Suzuki
216
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
217
The Road Back (Erich Maria Remarque)
The Road Back
Erich Maria Remarque
218
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
219
Sacre Bleu
Sacre Bleu
220
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Alan Sillitoe
221
Scaramouche (Rafael Sabatini)
Scaramouche
Rafael Sabatini
222
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad
223
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
224
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St.John Mandel
225
Seven Days in May (Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey)
Seven Days in May
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey
226
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
The Shadow Line
Joseph Conrad
227
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up
John Brunner
228
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
Stephen King
229
Siddhartha (Hesse)
Siddhartha
Hesse
230
The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Sign of Four
Arthur Conan Doyle
231
The Singer's Gun (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Singer's Gun
Emily St. John Mandel
232
The Sirens of Titan (Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
Vonnegut
233
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
234
Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
235
A Soldier of the Great War (Mark Helprin)
A Soldier of the Great War
Mark Helprin
236
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
Ken Kesey
237
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
John Le Carré
238
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
John Brunner
239
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
Emily St John Mandel
240
Steppenwolf (Hesse)
Steppenwolf
Hesse
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