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A Librarian's Last 50 Encounters With Good Fiction

Had to go all the way back to 2022 for this one. I'm trying to get better about actually following through with authors I like instead of constantly veering off on empty-my-shelves quests. Hoping taking stock of these helps.
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Feast While You Can (Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta)
Feast While You Can
1
Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End
2
Ford Madox Ford
Kalpa Imperial (Angélica Gorodischer)
Kalpa Imperial
3
Angélica Gorodischer
Sword Dance (A.J. Demas)
Sword Dance
4
A.J. Demas
A Stranger in Olondria (Sofia Samatar)
A Stranger in Olondria
5
Sofia Samatar
Power Ballads (Will Boast)
Power Ballads
6
Will Boast
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
7
Sebastian Faulks
Villa E (Jane Alison)
Villa E
8
Jane Alison
Notes of a Crocodile (Qiu Miaojin)
Notes of a Crocodile
9
Qiu Miaojin
Thorn (Anna Burke)
Thorn
10
Anna Burke
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
11
Marlon James
Life and Fate (Vasily Grossman)
Life and Fate
12
Vasily Grossman
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
Maurice
13
E.M. Forster
Mãn (Kim Thúy)
Mãn
14
Kim Thúy
Concerning My Daughter (Hye-Jin Kim)
Concerning My Daughter
15
Hye-Jin Kim
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
16
Arthur Koestler
Kaddish for an Unborn Child (Imre Kertesz)
Kaddish for an Unborn Child
17
Imre Kertesz
Martyr! (Kaveh Akbar)
Martyr!
18
Kaveh Akbar
The Trick Is to Keep Breathing (Janice Galloway)
The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
19
Janice Galloway
Consort of Fire (Kit Rocha)
Consort of Fire
20
Kit Rocha
The Scar (China Miéville)
The Scar
21
China Miéville
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature (Alberto Manguel)
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature
22
Alberto Manguel
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (Shehan Karunatilaka)
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
23
Shehan Karunatilaka
The Man Who Lived Underground (Richard Wright)
The Man Who Lived Underground
24
Richard Wright
Sacred Hunger (Barry Unsworth)
Sacred Hunger
25
Barry Unsworth
Land of Milk and Honey (C. Pam Zhang)
Land of Milk and Honey
26
C. Pam Zhang
Lone Women (Victor Lavalle)
Lone Women
27
Victor Lavalle
You Are Not Like Other Mothers (Angelika Schrobsdorff)
You Are Not Like Other Mothers
28
Angelika Schrobsdorff
Mrs. S (K. Patrick)
Mrs. S
29
K. Patrick
Loot (Tania James)
Loot
30
Tania James
The Wrong End of the Telescope (Rabih Alameddine)
The Wrong End of the Telescope
31
Rabih Alameddine
Sorry, Bro (Taleen Voskuni)
Sorry, Bro
32
Taleen Voskuni
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Böll)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
33
Heinrich Böll
King Hereafter (Dorothy Dunnett)
King Hereafter
34
Dorothy Dunnett
Bad Girls (Camila Sosa Villada)
Bad Girls
35
Camila Sosa Villada
Gunnar's Daughter (Sigrid Undset)
Gunnar's Daughter
36
Sigrid Undset
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
37
George Bernard Shaw
A Month in the Country (J.L. Carr)
A Month in the Country
38
J.L. Carr
At Swim, Two Boys (Jamie O'Neill)
At Swim, Two Boys
39
Jamie O'Neill
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom
40
Victor Lavalle
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