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101 Favorite Books of Fiction

Just as the title says, our retired teacher and bibliophile has looked at his shelves and picked 101 books he has read, often multiple times, and truly enjoyed. These are not his only favorites; he just thought 101 was a good place to stop.
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1984 (Orwell)
1984
1
Orwell
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
2
Arthur Conan Doyle
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
3
Erich Maria Remarque
American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
4
James Ellroy
Background to Danger (Ambler)
Background to Danger
5
Ambler
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
6
Crossley-Holland
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft
7
H. P. Lovecraft
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
8
James Ellroy
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep
9
Chandler
The Book of Joe (Jonathan Tropper)
The Book of Joe
10
Jonathan Tropper
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
11
Kurt Vonnegut
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
12
Greene
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
13
Miller
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
14
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
15
Kurt Vonnegut
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
16
Ambler
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
17
Greene
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989
18
Samuel Beckett
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
19
Ernest Hemingway
Coyote Blue (Christopher Moore)
Coyote Blue
20
Christopher Moore
The Crook Factory (Simmons)
The Crook Factory
21
Simmons
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls
22
Gogol
Deathbird Stories (Harlan Ellison)
Deathbird Stories
23
Harlan Ellison
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
24
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Doors of His Face (Zelazny)
The Doors of His Face
25
Zelazny
Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula
26
Stoker
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
27
Joyce
Dying Inside (Silverberg)
Dying Inside
28
Silverberg
Eight Million Ways to Die
Eight Million Ways to Die
29
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
30
Edgar Allan Poe
Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely
31
Chandler
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
32
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
33
Joe Haldeman
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (M R James)
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
34
M R James
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel
35
Emily St. John Mandel
The Great Book of Amber (Roger Zelazny)
The Great Book of Amber
36
Roger Zelazny
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
37
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Greek Passion (Kazantzakis)
The Greek Passion
38
Kazantzakis
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
39
Joseph Conrad
Hell House (Richard Marheson)
Hell House
40
Richard Marheson
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