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Books Jim Recommends Whenever He's Asked Part 1 - Fiction - Page 2

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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Kidnapped (Stevenson)
Kidnapped
41
Stevenson
L.A. Confidential (James Ellroy)
L.A. Confidential
42
James Ellroy
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
43
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
Lamb (Christopher Moore)
Lamb
44
Christopher Moore
Lenz (Georg Büchner)
Lenz
45
Georg Büchner
Los Alamos (Kanon)
Los Alamos
46
Kanon
Matt Scudder Series (Block)
Matt Scudder Series
47
Block
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof (Jiří Weil)
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof
48
Jiří Weil
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
Mona Lisa Overdrive
49
William Gibson
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Mother Night
50
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
51
William Gibson
Night of Camp David (Knebel)
Night of Camp David
52
Knebel
Night Soldiers
Night Soldiers
53
No Blade of Grass (John Christopher)
No Blade of Grass
54
John Christopher
Nostromo (Conrad)
Nostromo
55
Conrad
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
56
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
57
Solzhenitsyn
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition
58
William Gibson
Redshirts (John Scalzi)
Redshirts
59
John Scalzi
Rizzoli & Isles Series (Tess Gerritsen)
Rizzoli & Isles Series
60
Tess Gerritsen
Sacre Bleu (Christopher Moore)
Sacre Bleu
61
Christopher Moore
Scaramouche (Rafael Sabatini)
Scaramouche
62
Rafael Sabatini
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility
63
Emily St.John Mandel
Seven Days in May (Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey)
Seven Days in May
64
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey
Skipped Parts (Sandlin)
Skipped Parts
65
Sandlin
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Slaughterhouse-Five
66
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Social Blunders (Tim Sandlin)
Social Blunders
67
Tim Sandlin
Song of Kali (Simmons)
Song of Kali
68
Simmons
Sorrow Floats (Sandlin)
Sorrow Floats
69
Sandlin
Spartacus (Howard Fast)
Spartacus
70
Howard Fast
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
71
John Brunner
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven
72
Emily St. John Mandel
Stranger in a Strange Land (Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
73
Heinlein
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft
74
H. P. Lovecraft
The Best of R.A. Lafferty (R.A. Lafferty)
The Best of R.A. Lafferty
75
R.A. Lafferty
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
76
James Ellroy
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
77
James Ellroy
The Book of Cold Cases (Simone St. James)
The Book of Cold Cases
78
Simone St. James
The Broken Girls (Simone St James)
The Broken Girls
79
Simone St James
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
80
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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