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Books Jim Can't Get Out of His Head ( Not That He Wants To) - Fiction

After a lifetime of reading books, teaching literature, and directing plays, here are 70 books and plays that have stuck with me after multiple rereadings, and, in the case of plays, having acted or directed them. I'm not sure what it all means, but here they are.
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1984 (Orwell)
1984
1
Orwell
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
2
Miller
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
3
Ambler
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
4
Ernest Hemingway
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
5
Charles Dickens
All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
6
Remarque
Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
Ancient Images
7
Ramsey Campbell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
8
George Orwell
August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
9
Solzhenitsyn
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
10
Crossley-Holland
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
11
Harlan Ellison
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls
12
Gogol
Diary of a Madman (Gogol)
Diary of a Madman
13
Gogol
Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula
14
Stoker
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
15
Joyce
Dune (Herbert)
Dune
16
Herbert
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
17
Umberto Eco
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hamlet
18
Shakespeare
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Conrad)
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer
19
Conrad
Hell House (Matheson)
Hell House
20
Matheson
Islands in the Stream (Hemingway)
Islands in the Stream
21
Hemingway
Lamb (Christopher Moore)
Lamb
22
Christopher Moore
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
23
Eugene O'Neill
MacBeth (Shakespeare)
MacBeth
24
Shakespeare
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
25
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
On the Beach (Shute)
On the Beach
26
Shute
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
27
Solzhenitsyn
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
28
Thornton Wilder
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
29
E.L. Doctorow
Sacre Bleu (Christopher Moore)
Sacre Bleu
30
Christopher Moore
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility
31
Emily St.John Mandel
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Brian Stone, Trans.)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
32
Brian Stone, Trans.
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
33
Bradbury
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
34
John Brunner
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven
35
Emily St. John Mandel
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
36
Robert A. Heinlein
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov)
The Cherry Orchard
37
Anton Chekhov
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
38
Gary
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
39
Edgar Allan Poe
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
40
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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