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Readings in Retirement: Classics Old and New Read for Pleasure

As usual, I'm using the term "Classic" in its broadest possible sense: 1) Literary Merit; 2) cultural diversity and importance; 3) representation of era, genre, or style; and 4) sustained popularity. The list also is about what I take pleasure in reading; others will perhaps have differing opinions.
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1984 (Orwell)
1984 (Orwell)
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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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Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass (Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass (Carroll)
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm
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Aubrey/Maturin Series
Aubrey/Maturin Series
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August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
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Background to Danger (Ambler)
Background to Danger (Ambler)
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Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
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The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
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The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
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The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
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Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
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The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevsky)
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A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
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Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini)
Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini)
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Captains Courageous (Rudyard Kipling)
Captains Courageous (Rudyard Kipling)
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Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
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Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
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Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
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Childhood's End (Clarke)
Childhood's End (Clarke)
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A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
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The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians (Greene)
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
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Darkness at Noon (Koestler)
Darkness at Noon (Koestler)
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The Day of the Triffids (Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids (Wyndham)
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Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls (Gogol)
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The Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)
The Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)
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Double Indemnity (Cain)
Double Indemnity (Cain)
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Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula (Stoker)
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Dune (Herbert)
Dune (Herbert)
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Dying Inside (Silverberg)
Dying Inside (Silverberg)
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Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Edgar Allan Poe)
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Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
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A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
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