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Great Fiction Everyone Needs to Read - Page 3

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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Far From the Madding Crowd (Hardy, Thomas)
Far From the Madding Crowd
81
Hardy, Thomas
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
82
Ernest Hemingway
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
83
Ivan Turgenev
The Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
84
Tolkien
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
85
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
The Fixer
86
Bernard Malamud
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
87
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
88
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
89
Umberto Eco
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
90
Mary Shelley
Gentlemen's Agreement (Laura Z. Hobson)
Gentlemen's Agreement
91
Laura Z. Hobson
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
92
Elmore Leonard
The Ginger Man (J.P. Donleavy)
The Ginger Man
93
J.P. Donleavy
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel
94
Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Key (Hammett)
The Glass Key
95
Hammett
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go-Between
96
L.P. Hartley
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
97
Margaret Mitchell
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
98
Ford Madox Ford
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
99
John Steinbeck
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
100
Thomas Pynchon
The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
101
Fitzgerald
The Greek Passion (Kazantzakis)
The Greek Passion
102
Kazantzakis
The Green Man (Kingsley Amis)
The Green Man
103
Kingsley Amis
Group Portrait With Lady (Bõll)
Group Portrait With Lady
104
Bõll
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
105
Jonathan Swift
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
106
Shirley Jackson
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
107
Joseph Conrad
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
108
Greene
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
109
Saul Bellow
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
110
Nick Hornby
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica
111
Richard Hughes
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
112
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Horla and Others: Guy De Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Mu (Guy De Maupassant)
The Horla and Others: Guy De Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Mu
113
Guy De Maupassant
The House Next Door (Anne Rivers Siddon)
The House Next Door
114
Anne Rivers Siddon
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
115
Edith Wharton
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
116
Nathaniel Hawthorne
How It Is
How It Is
117
Howards End (E. M. Forster)
Howards End
118
E. M. Forster
The Hyperion Cantos (Dan Simmons)
The Hyperion Cantos
119
Dan Simmons
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
120
Anna Kavan
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