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100 of James's Favorite Novels and Short Story Collections

These are not the only books our retired teacher and unrepentant book nerd considers to be favorites, but they are ones he always thinks of when asked to recommend something to read.
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1
Remarque
Background to Danger (Ambler)
Background to Danger
2
Ambler
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
3
Crossley-Holland
The Best of R.A. Lafferty (R.A. Lafferty)
The Best of R.A. Lafferty
4
R.A. Lafferty
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
5
James Ellroy
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
6
James Ellroy
The Blood Kiss (Etchison)
The Blood Kiss
7
Etchison
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
8
Greene
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
9
Miller
Carrion Comfort (Simmons)
Carrion Comfort
10
Simmons
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
11
Kurt Vonnegut
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
12
Arthur C. Clarke
Children of the Night (Simmons)
Children of the Night
13
Simmons
A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
14
Burgess
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
15
Ambler
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
16
Greene
Company (Beckett)
Company
17
Beckett
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
18
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989
19
Samuel Beckett
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
20
Ernest Hemingway
The Crook Factory (Simmons)
The Crook Factory
21
Simmons
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
22
Gary
The Dark Country (Dennis Etchison)
The Dark Country
23
Dennis Etchison
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
24
Ursula K. Le Guin
Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula
25
Stoker
Drood (Simmons)
Drood
26
Simmons
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
27
Joyce
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective
28
Harlan Ellison
The Expendable Spy (Hunter)
The Expendable Spy
29
Hunter
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
30
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
31
Umberto Eco
Funeral in Berlin (Deighton)
Funeral in Berlin
32
Deighton
Gates of Fire (Steven Pressfield)
Gates of Fire
33
Steven Pressfield
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel
34
Emily St. John Mandel
The Good German (Joseph Kanon)
The Good German
35
Joseph Kanon
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
36
Shirley Jackson
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer
37
Joseph Conrad
Hell House (Richard Marheson)
Hell House
38
Richard Marheson
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
39
Italo Calvino
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
40
Homer
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