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Reading in Retirement: Some Favorite Fiction

Since I retired from teaching 3 years ago (and no longer have to read curriculum standards, interminable term papers, and excruciating essays), I've rediscovered reading for pleasure (and listening; Audiobooks are a godsend in that I can read while working out, driving, mowing the lawn, etc.). Here are a dozen dozens of fiction books I have read or reread in my retirement and that I thoroughly enjoyed . I also read a lot of non-fiction and drama, but those areas will have their own lists. If I ever get around to it, that is.
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Stone)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Stone)
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Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Conrad (Signet ))
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Conrad (Signet ))
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Typhoon (Conrad)
Typhoon (Conrad)
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Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
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The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
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The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
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The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
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The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
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Islands in the Stream (Hemingway)
Islands in the Stream (Hemingway)
10
Three Novels (Beckett)
Three Novels (Beckett)
11
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
12
Notes From Underground (Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground (Dostoyevsky)
13
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls (Gogol)
14
Diary of a Madman (Gogol)
Diary of a Madman (Gogol)
15
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Solzhenitsyn)
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The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
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August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
19
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
20
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians (Greene)
21
The End of the Affair (Greene)
The End of the Affair (Greene)
22
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
23
The Power and the Glory (Greene)
The Power and the Glory (Greene)
24
The Quiet American (Greene)
The Quiet American (Greene)
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The Third Man (Greene)
The Third Man (Greene)
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Last Night in Montreal (Emily St. John Mandel)
Last Night in Montreal (Emily St. John Mandel)
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The Lola Quartet (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Lola Quartet (Emily St. John Mandel)
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Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
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The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
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Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
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The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone (Collins)
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The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
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A Study in Scarlet (Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet (Doyle)
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The Sign of Four (Doyle, Arthur Conan)
The Sign of Four (Doyle, Arthur Conan)
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The Valley of Fear & Selected Cases (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Valley of Fear & Selected Cases (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The Name of the Rose (Eco)
The Name of the Rose (Eco)
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Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Forester)
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Forester)
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Lieutenant Hornblower (Forester)
Lieutenant Hornblower (Forester)
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