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Non-Required Reading 2019: An English Teacher Looks at Great Popular (AKA Genre) Fiction - Page 3

A disgruntled English teacher wanders through the wealth of popular/genre fiction and comes up with a personal list of 140 books, any or all of which could (and should ) be used as alternatives to the current canon of required reading that most students abhor and avoid. The list is arranged by genre:
1-15 Westerns
16-35 Science Fiction
36-50 High Fantasy
51-70 Horror/Dark Fantasy
71-90 Hard Boiled Crime/ Noir
91-105 Mystery/Traditional Detective
106-125 Thriller/Intrigue
126-140 Gothic/Romance
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Eight Million Ways to Die
Eight Million Ways to Die
82
Unknown Man No. 89
Unknown Man No. 89
83
What the Dead Know
What the Dead Know
84
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
85
POP.1280 (Jim Thompson)
POP.1280 (Jim Thompson)
86
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mickey Spillane)
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mickey Spillane)
87
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential
88
I Married a Dead Man
I Married a Dead Man
89
The Black Echo
The Black Echo
90
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
91
Sherlock Holmes Series
Sherlock Holmes Series
92
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
93
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone (Collins)
94
Service of All the Dead (Colin Dexter)
Service of All the Dead (Colin Dexter)
95
The Daughter of Time
The Daughter of Time
96
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
97
The Dirty Duck (Martha Grimes)
The Dirty Duck (Martha Grimes)
98
Murder at the Vicarage (Agatha Christie)
Murder at the Vicarage (Agatha Christie)
99
A Taste for Death
A Taste for Death
100
The Apothecary Rose (Candice Robb)
The Apothecary Rose (Candice Robb)
101
An Unkindness of Ravens (Rendell)
An Unkindness of Ravens (Rendell)
102
Baltimore Blues (Laura Lippman)
Baltimore Blues (Laura Lippman)
103
A Test of Wills
A Test of Wills
104
The Nine Tailors
The Nine Tailors
105
The Origin of Evil (Ellery Queen)
The Origin of Evil (Ellery Queen)
106
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
107
The IPCRESS File
The IPCRESS File
108
The Quiller Memorandum (Adam Hall)
The Quiller Memorandum (Adam Hall)
109
From Russia With Love
From Russia With Love
110
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
111
Night Soldiers
Night Soldiers
112
Los Alamos (Joseph Kanon)
Los Alamos (Joseph Kanon)
113
The Matarese Circle (Robert Ludlum)
The Matarese Circle (Robert Ludlum)
114
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
115
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
116
Funeral in Berlin - Len Deighton
Funeral in Berlin - Len Deighton
117
Trinity 6 (Charles Cumming)
Trinity 6 (Charles Cumming)
118
At Risk (Stella Rimington)
At Risk (Stella Rimington)
119
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
120
The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands
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