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Books Jim Recommends Whenever He's Asked Part 1 - Fiction

There are more, but 130 is a long enough list. I tried to be representative rather than comprehensive, and tried to attain some kind of balance between literary and popular (AKA genre) fiction.
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1984 (Orwell)
1984
1
Orwell
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
2
Greene
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
3
Miller
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
4
Ambler
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
5
Ernest Hemingway
Alas Babylon (Frank)
Alas Babylon
6
Frank
Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
Ancient Images
7
Ramsey Campbell
August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
8
Solzhenitsyn
Background to Danger (Ambler)
Background to Danger
9
Ambler
Bid Time Return (Richard Matheson)
Bid Time Return
10
Richard Matheson
Blackout/All Clear (Connie Willis)
Blackout/All Clear
11
Connie Willis
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
12
Kurt Vonnegut
Brothers in Arms (Kirst)
Brothers in Arms
13
Kirst
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
14
Henry Roth
Carrion Comfort (Dan Simmons)
Carrion Comfort
15
Dan Simmons
Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
16
Vonnegut
Cause for Alarm (Ambler)
Cause for Alarm
17
Ambler
Children of the Night (Simmons)
Children of the Night
18
Simmons
Collected Ghost Stories (M.R James)
Collected Ghost Stories
19
M.R James
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
20
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
21
Harlan Ellison
Dark Star (Alan Furst)
Dark Star
22
Alan Furst
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
23
Nikolai Gogol
Doomsday Book (Connie Willis)
Doomsday Book
24
Connie Willis
Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula
25
Stoker
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
26
Joyce
Dune (Herbert)
Dune
27
Herbert
Dying Inside (Silverberg)
Dying Inside
28
Silverberg
Epitaph for a Spy (Ambler)
Epitaph for a Spy
29
Ambler
Galactic Center Series (Benford)
Galactic Center Series
30
Benford
Gates of Fire (Steven Pressfield)
Gates of Fire
31
Steven Pressfield
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Conrad)
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer
32
Conrad
Hell House (Richard Marheson)
Hell House
33
Richard Marheson
Hornblower Series (C.S. Forester)
Hornblower Series
34
C.S. Forester
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
35
Italo Calvino
I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom (Jason Pargin)
I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom
36
Jason Pargin
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
37
Ralph Ellison
Islands in the Stream (Hemingway)
Islands in the Stream
38
Hemingway
Journey Into Fear (Ambler)
Journey Into Fear
39
Ambler
Jude the Obscure (Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
40
Hardy
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