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The Well-Read Retiree: Literary and Mainstream Fiction

Our retired maverick English Teacher lists 50 works of that most elusive of categories- mainstream or literary fiction. Once again he has limited the list to 50 works, with only one title per author. Some of those works are modern classics, while others are more obscure titles that deserve a wider audience.
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
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Billiards at Half-Past Nine
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
7
Bright Lights, Big City
Bright Lights, Big City
8
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
9
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
10
Collected Stories by Jean Stafford
Collected Stories by Jean Stafford
11
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
12
Down All the Days (Christy Brown)
Down All the Days (Christy Brown)
13
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
14
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
15
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Everything That Rises Must Converge
16
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
17
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman
18
Giles Goat-Boy (John Barth)
Giles Goat-Boy (John Barth)
19
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
20
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
21
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
22
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
23
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
24
Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream
25
Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Robbe-Grillet)
Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Robbe-Grillet)
26
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra (Don Delillo)
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Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
28
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
29
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
30
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
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One Last Thing Before I Go (Tropper)
One Last Thing Before I Go (Tropper)
32
One True Thing (Anna Quindlen)
One True Thing (Anna Quindlen)
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The Pledge (Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
The Pledge (Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
34
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
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The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
36
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road
37
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
38
Shoeless Joe (W.P. Kinsella)
Shoeless Joe (W.P. Kinsella)
39
Somewhere off the Coast of Maine (Ann Hood)
Somewhere off the Coast of Maine (Ann Hood)
40
Still Life With Woodpecker
Still Life With Woodpecker
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