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Markd9528's Compelling And/Or Comforting Classic Collection - Page 2

This is a more light-hearted, humorous and heart -warming selection of works than are usually seen in my challenges. But there's still a good dose of murder mysteries, SF, medical drama, thrillers and adventurous exploits (both swash-buckling romances and otherwise). Lots of these books have been turned into great movies.
Some of these works are derived from reference books such as "The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels in English Since 1950", along with recommendations by JN, better known as 'The English Teacher. Many are by my own favourite authors
BUT
about half are a small subset of the excellent challenges of 'Dodger's Song', specifically "Let Me Live at the Library" (at the link), "Books About Books" & "Waiting on the Shelf."
Mind you, there is a good deal of consensus among at least 2 of the sources about these books being worthwhile reads.
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Penrod (Booth Tarkington)
Penrod (Booth Tarkington)
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Seventeen (Booth Tarkington)
Seventeen (Booth Tarkington)
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Mary's Neck (Booth Tarkington)
Mary's Neck (Booth Tarkington)
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Froth on the Daydream (Boris Vian)
Froth on the Daydream (Boris Vian)
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Fishbowl (Bradley Somer)
Fishbowl (Bradley Somer)
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The African Queen (C.S. Forester)
The African Queen (C.S. Forester)
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The Problem of Pain (C.S. Lewis)
The Problem of Pain (C.S. Lewis)
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The Water-Babies (Charles Kingsley)
The Water-Babies (Charles Kingsley)
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Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
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The Polar Express (Chris Van Allsburg)
The Polar Express (Chris Van Allsburg)
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The Haunted Bookshop (Christopher Morley)
The Haunted Bookshop (Christopher Morley)
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Fantasia Mathematica (Clifton Fadiman)
Fantasia Mathematica (Clifton Fadiman)
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Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes (Clifton Fadiman, André Bernard Eds)
Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes (Clifton Fadiman, André Bernard Eds)
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The Magician (Colm Toibin)
The Magician (Colm Toibin)
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Whisky Galore (Compton Mackenzie)
Whisky Galore (Compton Mackenzie)
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Vernon God Little (D.B.C. Pierre)
Vernon God Little (D.B.C. Pierre)
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Semi-Tough (Dan Jenkins)
Semi-Tough (Dan Jenkins)
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The Maltese Falcon (Dasheill Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon (Dasheill Hammett)
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Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
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The Big Knockover (Dashiell Hammett)
The Big Knockover (Dashiell Hammett)
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The Continental Op (Dashiell Hammett)
The Continental Op (Dashiell Hammett)
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The Dain Curse (Dashiell Hammett)
The Dain Curse (Dashiell Hammett)
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The Glass Key (Dashiell Hammett)
The Glass Key (Dashiell Hammett)
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The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
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You Shall Know Our Velocity! (Dave Eggers)
You Shall Know Our Velocity! (Dave Eggers)
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100 One-Night Reads (David C. Major and John S. Major)
100 One-Night Reads (David C. Major and John S. Major)
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Changing Places (David Lodge)
Changing Places (David Lodge)
68
Remembering Babylon (David Malouf)
Remembering Babylon (David Malouf)
69
The Great World (David Malouf)
The Great World (David Malouf)
70
Vanishing Point (David Markson)
Vanishing Point (David Markson)
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Wittgenstein's Mistress (David Markson)
Wittgenstein's Mistress (David Markson)
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The Wright Brothers (David McCullough)
The Wright Brothers (David McCullough)
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise (Don Delillo)
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Murder Must Advertise (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Murder Must Advertise (Dorothy L. Sayers)
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Whose Body? (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Whose Body? (Dorothy L. Sayers)
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams)
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Douglas Adams)
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Douglas Adams)
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The Museum of Unconditional Surrender (Dubravka Ugrešić)
The Museum of Unconditional Surrender (Dubravka Ugrešić)
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A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
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Where Angels Fear to Tread (E.M. Forster)
Where Angels Fear to Tread (E.M. Forster)
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