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Reading in Retirement: Some Favorite Fiction - Page 3

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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The Looking Glass War (Le Carre)
The Looking Glass War (Le Carre)
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carré)
83
The Ipcress File (Deighton)
The Ipcress File (Deighton)
84
Funeral in Berlin (Deighton)
Funeral in Berlin (Deighton)
85
Berlin Game (Len Deighton)
Berlin Game (Len Deighton)
86
Mexico Set (Len Dighton)
Mexico Set (Len Dighton)
87
London Match (Len Deighton)
London Match (Len Deighton)
88
Los Alamos (Kanon)
Los Alamos (Kanon)
89
The Prodigal Spy (Kanon)
The Prodigal Spy (Kanon)
90
The Good German (Kanon)
The Good German (Kanon)
91
Leaving Berlin (Joseph Kanon)
Leaving Berlin (Joseph Kanon)
92
Night Soldiers (Alan Furst)
Night Soldiers (Alan Furst)
93
The World at Night (Alan Furst)
The World at Night (Alan Furst)
94
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining (Stephen King)
95
Mr. Mercedes (Stephen King)
Mr. Mercedes (Stephen King)
96
Finders Keepers (Stephen King)
Finders Keepers (Stephen King)
97
The Outsider (Stephen King)
The Outsider (Stephen King)
98
End of Watch (Stephen King)
End of Watch (Stephen King)
99
Holly (Stephen King)
Holly (Stephen King)
100
The Crook Factory (Dan Simmons)
The Crook Factory (Dan Simmons)
101
Carrion Comfort (Simmons)
Carrion Comfort (Simmons)
102
Drood (Simmons)
Drood (Simmons)
103
The Terror (Dan Simmons)
The Terror (Dan Simmons)
104
Collected Ghost Stories (M.R James)
Collected Ghost Stories (M.R James)
105
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
106
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
107
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
108
The Best of Richard Matheson (Matheson)
The Best of Richard Matheson (Matheson)
109
The Hungry Moon (Campbell)
The Hungry Moon (Campbell)
110
Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
111
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
112
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
113
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
114
Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed
115
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven
116
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
117
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
118
The Shockwave Rider (John Brunner)
The Shockwave Rider (John Brunner)
119
This Immortal (Roger Zelazny)
This Immortal (Roger Zelazny)
120
Jack of Shadows (Roger Zelazny)
Jack of Shadows (Roger Zelazny)
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