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The Well-Read Retiree: Unique and Unexpected Pleasures - Page 2

Our retired maverick English Teacher lists 50 unexpectedly affecting reading experiences from both fiction and non fiction. 50 was the arbitrary limit he set, with only one title per author.
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Songs of a Dead Dreamer (Thomas Ligotti)
Songs of a Dead Dreamer
41
Thomas Ligotti
Stories of Your Life (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life
42
Ted Chiang
Teacher Man (Frank McCourt)
Teacher Man
43
Frank McCourt
Travels With My Aunt (Graham Greene)
Travels With My Aunt
44
Graham Greene
Ulysses Found (Bradford)
Ulysses Found
45
Bradford
Watch the Skies (Peebles)
Watch the Skies
46
Peebles
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
47
Alan Moore
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
48
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Widespread Panic (James Ellroy)
Widespread Panic
49
James Ellroy
The Woman in the Window (A.J. Finn)
The Woman in the Window
50
A.J. Finn
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