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The Retired English Teacher's Random List of Favorite Literary Fiction

Not all of the mainstream literary fiction ( as opposed to category AKA genre fiction) that I like, but a good representation of the kinds of books that I will come back to and read again.
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Affliction (Russell Banks)
Affliction
1
Russell Banks
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
2
Anthony Doerr
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
3
Gertrude Stein
Beautiful Losers (Leonard Cohen)
Beautiful Losers
4
Leonard Cohen
Billiards at Half-Past Nine (Heinrich Böll)
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
5
Heinrich Böll
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
6
Kurt Vonnegut
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
7
Thornton Wilder
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
Bright Lights, Big City
8
Jay McInerney
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
9
Greene
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
10
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
11
Burgess
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
12
Anthony Doerr
Collected Stories of Heinrich Böll (Böll)
Collected Stories of Heinrich Böll
13
Böll
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
14
Greene
Company (Samuel Beckett)
Company
15
Samuel Beckett
The Complete Short Prose of Samuel Beckett, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Short Prose of Samuel Beckett, 1929-1989
16
Samuel Beckett
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
17
John Kennedy Toole
Crazy in Berlin (Thomas Berger)
Crazy in Berlin
18
Thomas Berger
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
19
Thomas Pynchon
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
20
Gary
Darkness at Noon (Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
21
Koestler
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls
22
Gogol
The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (Nikolai Gogol)
The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
23
Nikolai Gogol
The Doctor Is Sick (Anthony Burgess)
The Doctor Is Sick
24
Anthony Burgess
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
25
Joyce
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry
26
Sinclair Lewis
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
27
Richard Russo
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
28
Ernest Hemingway
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
29
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
30
Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum
31
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel
32
Emily St. John Mandel
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go-Between
33
L.P. Hartley
The Good Soldier Švejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Švejk
34
Jaroslav Hašek
Goodbye, Columbus (Philip Roth)
Goodbye, Columbus
35
Philip Roth
The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
36
Fitzgerald
The Greek Passion (Kazantzakis)
The Greek Passion
37
Kazantzakis
Group Portrait With Lady (Bõll)
Group Portrait With Lady
38
Bõll
Heart of Darkness (Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
39
Conrad
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
40
Greene
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