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Jake's List of Recommended Novels - Page 2

I collected a series of novels (excluding poetry and plays, but including some story collections) that have stayed with me after reading, because of plot, characters, or writing style. Rather short on classics, I'll admit that. How many have you read? What should I add?
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
41
Albert Camus
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
42
Ernest Hemingway
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
43
John Irving
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
44
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
45
Paul Bowles
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
46
C.S. Lewis
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
47
Franz Kafka
Ali and Nino
Ali and Nino
48
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
49
Harper Lee
A Hero of Our Time (Mikhail Lermontov)
A Hero of Our Time
50
Mikhail Lermontov
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
51
Aldous Huxley
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
52
Philip Pullman
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
53
William Golding
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
54
Neil Gaiman
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
55
Arthur Golden
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
56
Khaled Hosseini
Amsterdam (Ian McEwan)
Amsterdam
57
Ian McEwan
Saturday (Ian McEwan)
Saturday
58
Ian McEwan
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
59
Milan Kundera
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Tadeusz Borowski)
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
60
Tadeusz Borowski
Big Money (P. G. Wodehouse)
Big Money
61
P. G. Wodehouse
Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation
62
Isaac Asimov
My Name Is Red (Orhan Pamuk)
My Name Is Red
63
Orhan Pamuk
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
64
Jonathan Franzen
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
65
Hunter S. Thompson
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
66
Herman Melville
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
67
George Orwell
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
68
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
69
Mark Twain
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
70
Neal Stephenson
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
71
Anthony Burgess
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
72
W. Somerset Maugham
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
73
George Eliot
Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart)
Super Sad True Love Story
74
Gary Shteyngart
Absurdistan (Gary Shteyngart)
Absurdistan
75
Gary Shteyngart
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
76
Rudyard Kipling
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
77
Robert Graves
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
78
Dashiell Hammett
R.K Narayan: The Guide
R.K Narayan: The Guide
79
The Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac)
The Dharma Bums
80
Jack Kerouac
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