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50 Classics and Modern Classics on Doc's TBR List

Exactly what the title says. I'm a bit burnt out by the history and non-fiction I've been reading, and I feel like I should fill in some gaps in my fiction reading. I've limited the list to fiction and narrative poetry because plays and scripts are my business, and this list is about reading for pleasure and for personal fulfillment. A couple of these are rereads, and are there primarily to prime the pump
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A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
1
Greene
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
2
Miller
A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
3
Burgess
Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
Ancient Sorceries
4
Algernon Blackwood
August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
5
Solzhenitsyn
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu) (Lefanu)
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu)
6
Lefanu
Billiards at Half-Past Nine (Heinrich Böll)
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
7
Heinrich Böll
Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
Cosmicomics
8
Italo Calvino
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
9
Philip K. Dick
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
10
Hemingway
Group Portrait With Lady (Bõll)
Group Portrait With Lady
11
Bõll
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Conrad (Signet ))
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer
12
Conrad (Signet )
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
13
Italo Calvino
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
14
Italo Calvino
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
15
Charlotte Bronte
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
16
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
17
D.H. Lawrence
March 1917 (Solzenhitsyn)
March 1917
18
Solzenhitsyn
No Name (Penguin Classics)
No Name
19
Penguin Classics
Nostromo (Conrad)
Nostromo
20
Conrad
November 1916 (Solzhenitsyn)
November 1916
21
Solzhenitsyn
Parzifal (Eschenbach)
Parzifal
22
Eschenbach
Paths of Glory (Humphrey Cobb)
Paths of Glory
23
Humphrey Cobb
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
24
Daphne Du Maurier
Shane (Schaefer)
Shane
25
Schaefer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Brian Stone, Trans.)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
26
Brian Stone, Trans.
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow
27
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
28
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Comedians (Graham Greene)
The Comedians
29
Graham Greene
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
30
Thomas Pynchon
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
31
John Steinbeck
The Greek Passion (Kazantzakis)
The Greek Passion
32
Kazantzakis
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
33
Greene
The Law and the Lady (Wilkie Collins)
The Law and the Lady
34
Wilkie Collins
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
35
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Master of Ballantrae
36
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
37
Matthew Lewis
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
38
Heinlein
The Nibelungenlied (A.T. Hatto (Translator)
The Nibelungenlied
39
A.T. Hatto (Translator
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
40
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
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