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70 Years; 70 Books: Novels and Stories

Our maverick English Teacher looks at his upcoming 70th birthday and then lists 70 novels and story collections that he remembers reading with great pleasure. Some were assigned reading from college days long past, some are major works that he has taught as well as read, and some are personal reading remembered as having a profound effect on him, or just being extremely enjoyable. Our compiler made no effort to edit or impose any meaning on the list; he thought of 70 books he liked and then stopped.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Alas, Babylon (Pat Frank)
Alas, Babylon
2
Pat Frank
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
3
Lewis Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
4
Remarque
August 1914, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
August 1914, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
5
Background to Danger (Ambler)
Background to Danger
6
Ambler
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
7
Best of R.A. Lafferty (R.A. Lafferty)
Best of R.A. Lafferty
8
R.A. Lafferty
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
9
Raymond Chandler
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
10
Greene
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
11
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Carrion Comfort (Simmons)
Carrion Comfort
12
Simmons
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
13
Kurt Vonnegut
Cause for Alarm (Ambler)
Cause for Alarm
14
Ambler
The Ceremonies (T. E. D. Klein)
The Ceremonies
15
T. E. D. Klein
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
16
Anthony Burgess
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
17
Ambler
Collected Stories Richard Matheson (Matheson)
Collected Stories Richard Matheson
18
Matheson
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
19
Greene
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
20
Ernest Hemingway
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
21
Gary
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
22
Harlan Ellison
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
23
Nikolai Gogol
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
24
Thomas Mann
The Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)
The Diary of a Madman
25
Nikolai Gogol
The Doctor Is Sick (Anthony Burgess)
The Doctor Is Sick
26
Anthony Burgess
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
27
Bram Stoker
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
28
Joyce
Dying Inside (Silverberg)
Dying Inside
29
Silverberg
Eight Million Ways to Die
Eight Million Ways to Die
30
Farewell My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely
31
Raymond Chandler
The First Circle (Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
32
Solzhenitsyn
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
33
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Greek Passion (Kazantzakis)
The Greek Passion
34
Kazantzakis
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
35
Shirley Jackson
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
36
Joseph Conrad
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House
37
Richard Matheson
The Howling Man (Charles Beaumont)
The Howling Man
38
Charles Beaumont
The Hungry Moon (Ramsey Campbell)
The Hungry Moon
39
Ramsey Campbell
L. A. Quartet (Ellroy)
L. A. Quartet
40
Ellroy
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