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Jake's List of Recommended Novels

I collected a series of novels (excluding poetry and plays, but including some story collections) that have stayed with me after reading, because of plot, characters, or writing style. Rather short on classics, I'll admit that. How many have you read? What should I add?
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Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
1
Jhumpa Lahiri
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
3
Ayn Rand
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
4
Joseph Heller
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
5
Jack Kerouac
The Beach (Alex Garland)
The Beach
6
Alex Garland
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
7
Chuck Palahniuk
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
8
Vladimir Nabokov
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek
9
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
10
Graham Greene
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
11
Kurt Vonnegut
McEwan, Ian: Enduring Love
McEwan, Ian: Enduring Love
12
Greenmantle
Greenmantle
13
The Call of Chtulhu
The Call of Chtulhu
14
Snow (Orhan Pamuk)
Snow
15
Orhan Pamuk
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
16
Leo Tolstoy
Stoner (Williams)
Stoner
17
Williams
Tropic of Capricorn (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Capricorn
18
Henry Miller
Flashman
Flashman
19
Jeeves in the Morning (P. G. Wodehouse)
Jeeves in the Morning
20
P. G. Wodehouse
The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes
The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes
21
The Big Sky a B Guthrie
The Big Sky a B Guthrie
22
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
23
Charles Dickens
Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
24
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
25
Jennifer Egan
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
26
Milan Kundera
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
27
Vladimir Nabokov
Our Man in Havana (Graham Greene)
Our Man in Havana
28
Graham Greene
V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
V for Vendetta
29
Alan Moore
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
30
Alan Moore
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
31
Mikhail Bulgakov
From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming)
From Russia With Love
32
Ian Fleming
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
33
Michael Chabon
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
34
Kurt Vonnegut
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
35
Ayn Rand
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
36
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
37
Margaret Atwood
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
38
Raymond Chandler
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
39
William Faulkner
Lord of the Ring Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
40
J.R.R. Tolkien
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