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Jim's 100 by 100: Must Read Fiction Past and Present - Page 3

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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Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
81
John Brunner
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
82
Emily St John Mandel
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
83
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stranger in a Strange Land (Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
84
Heinlein
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
85
Ernest Hemingway
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
86
Charles Dickens
Three Novels (Beckett)
Three Novels
87
Beckett
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
88
Franz Kafka
Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan)
Trout Fishing in America
89
Richard Brautigan
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
90
Jules Verne
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.
91
John Dos Passos
Ulysses (Joyce)
Ulysses
92
Joyce
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians
93
J.M. Coetzee
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
94
Leo Tolstoy
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
95
H. G. Wells
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
96
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
97
Flannery O'Connor
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
98
Wilkie Collins
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
99
D. H. Lawrence
Zorba the Greek (Kazantzakis)
Zorba the Greek
100
Kazantzakis
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