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The English Teacher Lists Books You Might Not Have Heard of but Really Ought to Read

For those looking for something different, our maverick English Teacher provides a grab bag of fiction (mostly) and non-fiction that might not be readily familiar. He has not read all of them, but those that he hasn't read come highly recommended from readers he trusts.
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Alone Together (Sherry Turkle)
Alone Together
1
Sherry Turkle
American Gothic (Robert Bloch)
American Gothic
2
Robert Bloch
Bhowani Junction (John Masters)
Bhowani Junction
3
John Masters
The Book of Joe (Jonathan Tropper)
The Book of Joe
4
Jonathan Tropper
The Bravados (O'Rourke)
The Bravados
5
O'Rourke
The Breaker (Denton)
The Breaker
6
Denton
BUG JACK BARRON Norman Spinrad
BUG JACK BARRON Norman Spinrad
7
Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past) (Geoffrey Homes)
Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past)
8
Geoffrey Homes
Bunny Lake Is Missing (Evelyn Piper)
Bunny Lake Is Missing
9
Evelyn Piper
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (Barbara Vine)
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
10
Barbara Vine
Crazy in Berlin (Thomas Berger)
Crazy in Berlin
11
Thomas Berger
Cryptozoic (Brian Aldiss)
Cryptozoic
12
Brian Aldiss
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Romain Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
13
Romain Gary
A Dandy in Aspic (Marlowe)
A Dandy in Aspic
14
Marlowe
Dangling Man (Saul Bellow)
Dangling Man
15
Saul Bellow
The Day the Universe Changed (Burke)
The Day the Universe Changed
16
Burke
Del Corso's Gallery (Caputo)
Del Corso's Gallery
17
Caputo
D'entre Les Morts (Boileau)
D'entre Les Morts
18
Boileau
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha (Zen Master Seung Sahn)
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha
19
Zen Master Seung Sahn
The Dumbest Generation (Mark Bauerlein)
The Dumbest Generation
20
Mark Bauerlein
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
21
Robert Silverberg
The Erasers
The Erasers
22
Everything Changes
Everything Changes
23
The Expendable Spy (Hunter)
The Expendable Spy
24
Hunter
The First Apocalypse (Reston)
The First Apocalypse
25
Reston
Fourth Mansions (R. A. Lafferty)
Fourth Mansions
26
R. A. Lafferty
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman)
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes
27
Loren D. Estleman
The Glass Key
The Glass Key
28
Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
29
The Greek Passion
The Greek Passion
30
The Hawkline Monster (Richard Brautigan)
The Hawkline Monster
31
Richard Brautigan
The Hidden Lives of Dogs (Elizabeth Marshall Thomas)
The Hidden Lives of Dogs
32
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
HOMECOMING (BERNARD SCHLINK)
HOMECOMING
33
BERNARD SCHLINK
How It Is
How It Is
34
I Married a Dead Man (Cornell Woolrich)
I Married a Dead Man
35
Cornell Woolrich
In the Labyrinth
In the Labyrinth
36
Indian Country (Philip Caputo)
Indian Country
37
Philip Caputo
Into the Valley: A Skirmish of the Marines (John Hersey)
Into the Valley: A Skirmish of the Marines
38
John Hersey
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy (W.P. Kinsella)
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy
39
W.P. Kinsella
Island of the Sequined Love Nun
Island of the Sequined Love Nun
40
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