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Non-Required Reading 2019: An English Teacher Looks at Great Popular (AKA Genre) Fiction - Page 4

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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made by James Loranger
avg. score: 17 of 140 (12%)
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Six Days of the Condor
Six Days of the Condor
122
Assignment in Brittany (Macinnes)
Assignment in Brittany (Macinnes)
123
Stamboul Train (Graham Greene)
Stamboul Train (Graham Greene)
124
The Expendable Spy (Hunter)
The Expendable Spy (Hunter)
125
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal
126
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
127
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
128
Nine Coaches Waiting (Mary Stewart)
Nine Coaches Waiting (Mary Stewart)
129
The Uninvited (Dorothy McCardle)
The Uninvited (Dorothy McCardle)
130
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
131
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
132
Portrait of Jennie (Robert Nathan)
Portrait of Jennie (Robert Nathan)
133
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
134
The Woman in the Window (A. J. Finn)
The Woman in the Window (A. J. Finn)
135
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
136
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
137
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
138
Somewhere in Time (Richard Matheson)
Somewhere in Time (Richard Matheson)
139
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
140
The Light Between Oceans: A Novel
The Light Between Oceans: A Novel
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