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Books Jim Recommends Whenever He's Asked Part 1 - Fiction - Page 3

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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The Complete Short Prose of Samuel Beckett, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Short Prose of Samuel Beckett, 1929-1989
81
Samuel Beckett
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
82
Ernest Hemingway
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
83
Alexandre Dumas
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
84
Thomas Pynchon
The D Case (Carlo and Franco Lucentini)
The D Case
85
Carlo and Franco Lucentini
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
86
Gary
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
87
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective
88
Harlan Ellison
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
89
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel
90
Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Key (Dashiell Hammett)
The Glass Key
91
Dashiell Hammett
The Good German (Kanon)
The Good German
92
Kanon
The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
93
Fitzgerald
The Greek Passion (Kazantzakis)
The Greek Passion
94
Kazantzakis
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
95
Greene
The Hungry Moon (Campbell)
The Hungry Moon
96
Campbell
The Hyperion Cantos (Dan Simmons)
The Hyperion Cantos
97
Dan Simmons
The Inspector (De Hartog)
The Inspector
98
De Hartog
The Jagged Orbit (Brunner)
The Jagged Orbit
99
Brunner
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
100
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Long Ships (Bengtsson)
The Long Ships
101
Bengtsson
The Long Tomorrow (Leigh Brackett)
The Long Tomorrow
102
Leigh Brackett
The Maltese Falcon (Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
103
Hammett
The Midnight Library: A Novel (Matt Haig)
The Midnight Library: A Novel
104
Matt Haig
The Moonstone (Collins, Wilkie)
The Moonstone
105
Collins, Wilkie
The Mote in God's Eye (Larry Niven)
The Mote in God's Eye
106
Larry Niven
The Name of the Rose (Eco)
The Name of the Rose
107
Eco
The Night of the Generals (Kirst)
The Night of the Generals
108
Kirst
The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
109
Hemingway
The Past Through Tomorrow (Heinlein)
The Past Through Tomorrow
110
Heinlein
The Power and the Glory (Greene)
The Power and the Glory
111
Greene
The Prey Series (John Sandford)
The Prey Series
112
John Sandford
The Quiet American (Greene)
The Quiet American
113
Greene
The Road to Roswell (Connie Willis)
The Road to Roswell
114
Connie Willis
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up
115
John Brunner
The Shining (King)
The Shining
116
King
The Shockwave Rider (John Brunner)
The Shockwave Rider
117
John Brunner
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles
118
Madeline Miller
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
119
John Le Carré
The Squares of the City (John Brunner)
The Squares of the City
120
John Brunner
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