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Great Fiction Everyone Needs to Read - Page 7

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 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
242
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
243
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein
244
Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train
Patricia Highsmith
245
A Study in Scarlet (Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
Doyle
246
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
247
The Swimmer (John Cheever)
The Swimmer
John Cheever
248
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
249
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
250
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
251
The Third Man (Greene)
The Third Man
Greene
252
This Immortal (Roger Zelazny)
This Immortal
Roger Zelazny
253
Three Comrades (Erich Maria Remarque)
Three Comrades
Erich Maria Remarque
254
Three Novels (Beckett)
Three Novels
Beckett
255
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
256
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
257
Tom Jones, a Foundling (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones, a Foundling
Henry Fielding
258
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh
259
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
260
Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan)
Trout Fishing in America
Richard Brautigan
261
The Two Towers (Tolkien)
The Two Towers
Tolkien
262
Typhoon and Other Stories (Signet)
Typhoon and Other Stories
Signet
263
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
John Dos Passos
264
Ulysses (Joyce)
Ulysses
Joyce
265
Under Western Eyes (Joseph Conrad)
Under Western Eyes
Joseph Conrad
266
Up in Honey's Room
Up in Honey's Room
267
V (Thomas Pynchon)
V
Thomas Pynchon
268
The Valley of Fear & Selected Cases (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Valley of Fear & Selected Cases
Arthur Conan Doyle
269
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
270
Victory (Joseph Conrad)
Victory
Joseph Conrad
271
Wag the Dog (Larry Beinhart)
Wag the Dog
Larry Beinhart
272
Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories (Jean Shepherd)
Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories
Jean Shepherd
273
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
274
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
275
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
Yevgeny Zamyatin
276
Where I'm Calling From (Carver)
Where I'm Calling From
Carver
277
Winter Kills (Condon)
Winter Kills
Condon
278
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
Mark Helprin
279
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
280
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
D. H. Lawrence
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