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A personal and idiosyncratic list of great novels and short fiction ( no drama or poetry ; those would be separate lists) by a former teacher of writing and literature. Some may be surprised by what is on this list ( and by what is NOT!), but these are the classics, literary fiction, and genre fiction that matter to me. The list should not be taken as exhaustive or authoritative.
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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
41
Kurt Vonnegut
Cause for Alarm (Ambler)
Cause for Alarm
42
Ambler
Centennial (James A. Michener)
Centennial
43
James A. Michener
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
44
Arthur C. Clarke
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
45
Chaim Potok
A Christmas Carol (Penguin Classics)
A Christmas Carol
46
Penguin Classics
A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
47
Burgess
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
48
David Mitchell
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
49
Ambler
Collected Ghost Stories (M.R James)
Collected Ghost Stories
50
M.R James
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
51
Greene
Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
52
Ernest Hemingway
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
53
John Kennedy Toole
A Confederate General From Big Sur (Brautigan)
A Confederate General From Big Sur
54
Brautigan
Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
Cosmicomics
55
Italo Calvino
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
56
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crook Factory (Simmons)
The Crook Factory
57
Simmons
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
58
Thomas Pynchon
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
59
Gary
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
60
Harlan Ellison
Dangling Man (Bellow)
Dangling Man
61
Bellow
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls
62
Gogol
Demian (Hesse)
Demian
63
Hesse
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
64
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
65
Ursula K. Le Guin
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
66
Philip K. Dick
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
67
James M. Cain
Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula
68
Stoker
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
69
Joyce
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
70
Frank Herbert
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
71
John Steinbeck
Emma (Austen, Jane)
Emma
72
Austen, Jane
The End of the Affair (Greene)
The End of the Affair
73
Greene
Enough Rope (Lawrence Block)
Enough Rope
74
Lawrence Block
The Erasers
The Erasers
75
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective
76
Harlan Ellison
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
77
Edith Wharton
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
78
Flannery O'Connor
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle
79
Ken Follett
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
80
Edgar Allan Poe
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