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Jim's 100 by 100: Must Read Fiction Past and Present - Page 2

100 books by 100 authors ( one per author) culled from a lifetime of reading. The list is not a "100 greatest" compilation; rather it attempts to give a wide selection of engrossing books that covers both literary and popular fiction. I've tried to balance classics with more contemporary works, but in the end went with personal preferences.
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
41
Margaret Atwood
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
42
Shirley Jackson
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
43
Carson McCullers
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Conrad (Signet ))
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer
44
Conrad (Signet )
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House
45
Richard Matheson
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
46
Arthur Conan Doyle
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
47
Nathaniel Hawthorne
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
48
Italo Calvino
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
49
Homer
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
50
Marcel Proust
The Inspector (De Hartog)
The Inspector
51
De Hartog
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
52
Thomas Hardy
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
53
Haruki Murakami
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss
54
James Crumley
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
55
Victor Hugo
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
56
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Maltese Falcon (Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
57
Hammett
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
58
Philip K. Dick
The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
59
Bradbury
The Name of the Rose (Eco)
The Name of the Rose
60
Eco
Narnia (C S Lewis)
Narnia
61
C S Lewis
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
62
William Gibson
The Nightengale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightengale
63
Kristin Hannah
No Blade of Grass (John Christopher)
No Blade of Grass
64
John Christopher
On the Beach (Shute)
On the Beach
65
Shute
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
66
Jack Kerouac
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
67
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Quiet American (Greene)
The Quiet American
68
Greene
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
69
Daphne Du Maurier
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
70
Stendhal
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
71
Anita Diamant
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
72
Kazuo Ishiguro
Ring (Koji Suzuki)
Ring
73
Koji Suzuki
Sacre Bleu (Christopher Moore)
Sacre Bleu
74
Christopher Moore
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
75
Stephen King
Siddhartha (Hesse)
Siddhartha
76
Hesse
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Stone)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
77
Stone
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Slaughterhouse-Five
78
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
79
Ken Kesey
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
80
John Le Carré
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