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Favorite Fiction- A List by James Nelson

A literature teacher's list of books he loves. You will be surprised at how few are canonical; these are the novels and stories that make me love reading.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1
Jules Verne
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Thr (Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Thr
2
Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
3
Erich Maria Remarque
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
4
Neil Gaiman
Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
Ancient Images
5
Ramsey Campbell
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
6
Agatha Christie
Another Roadside Attraction
Another Roadside Attraction
7
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
8
Anonymous
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft, by H.P. Lovecraft
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft, by H.P. Lovecraft
9
The Big Nowhere
The Big Nowhere
10
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
11
Raymond Chandler
Burnt Offerings (Robert Marasco)
Burnt Offerings
12
Robert Marasco
A Burnt-Out Case (Graham Greene)
A Burnt-Out Case
13
Graham Greene
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
14
Geoffrey Chaucer
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
15
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
16
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Carrion Comfort (Dan Simmons)
Carrion Comfort
17
Dan Simmons
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
18
Kurt Vonnegut
The Ceremonies
The Ceremonies
19
A Coffin for Dimitrios
A Coffin for Dimitrios
20
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol (Nikolai Gogol)
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
21
Nikolai Gogol
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
22
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
23
Ernest Hemingway
The Crook Factory (Simmons)
The Crook Factory
24
Simmons
The Dark Country (Dennis Etchison)
The Dark Country
25
Dennis Etchison
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
26
John Wyndham
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls
27
Gogol
The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
The Dead Zone
28
Stephen King
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
29
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Doors of His Face (Zelazny)
The Doors of His Face
30
Zelazny
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
31
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
32
Bram Stoker
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
33
Joyce
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
34
Robert Silverberg
THE EINSTEIN INTERSECTION Samuel R. Delany
THE EINSTEIN INTERSECTION Samuel R. Delany
35
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective
36
Harlan Ellison
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely
37
Raymond Chandler
The First Circle (Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
38
Solzhenitsyn
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
39
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
40
Joe Haldeman
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