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Required Re-Reading: Books You Will Want to Return to - Fiction

Our Maverick English Teacher considers THOSE books - the ones you return to, often again and again, for reasons you sometimes can't even fathom. You pick them up and glance through them, and the next thing you know you are ploughing through them again, thoroughly engrossed. Here are 75 works of fiction that he has read and re-read because he connects to them in ways that are deep, meaningful, and personal. The only restriction was that the books had to be fiction; non- fiction and drama will have their own lists down the road. Our list maker stopped at 75 to keep the list manageable; it could easily have been 2-3 times this length.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1
Jules Verne
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
2
Lewis Carroll
August 1914 (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
3
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
4
Anonymous
Billiards at Half-Past Nine (Heinrich Böll)
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
5
Heinrich Böll
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
6
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
7
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
8
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
9
Kurt Vonnegut
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
10
Arthur C. Clarke
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
11
Anthony Burgess
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
12
Eric Ambler
The Comedians
The Comedians
13
Company (Samuel Beckett)
Company
14
Samuel Beckett
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
15
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
16
Ernest Hemingway
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls
17
Gogol
Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book
18
Willis
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
19
Bram Stoker
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
20
Joyce
Far From the Madding Crowd (Hardy, Thomas)
Far From the Madding Crowd
21
Hardy, Thomas
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely
22
Raymond Chandler
Funeral in Berlin (Deighton)
Funeral in Berlin
23
Deighton
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by M.P. James
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by M.P. James
24
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
25
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Greek Passion (Kazantzakis)
The Greek Passion
26
Kazantzakis
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
27
Shirley Jackson
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
28
Joseph Conrad
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House
29
Richard Matheson
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
30
J.R.R. Tolkien
Horatio Hornblower (Series) (C.S. Forester)
Horatio Hornblower (Series)
31
C.S. Forester
The House at Pooh Corner (A.A.Milne)
The House at Pooh Corner
32
A.A.Milne
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
33
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Hungry Moon (Ramsey Campbell)
The Hungry Moon
34
Ramsey Campbell
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
35
Homer
In the First Circle (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
In the First Circle
36
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash (Jean Shepherd)
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
37
Jean Shepherd
Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream
38
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
39
Michael Shaara
The Listeners (James Gunn)
The Listeners
40
James Gunn
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