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Jim's Favorite Fiction Books Ver. 1.0

I don't have as much time to read as I might like, and let's be honest - a lot of what I DO read is not particularly enchanting. Here's a collection of the books and series of books which I'd try to grab before fleeing a burning house, or would want to load on my kindle before beginning a 'round the world cruise. Not all of them are highbrow (or even middlebrow), but either they make me happy, or they had a big impact on me once upon a time.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
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George Orwell
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
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Haruki Murakami
The Algebraist
The Algebraist
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American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
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Neil Gaiman
Anathem (Neal Stephenson)
Anathem
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Neal Stephenson
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
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Jeff Vandermeer
Aubrey/Maturin Series
Aubrey/Maturin Series
8
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
9
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
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Arthur C. Clarke
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
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Madeline Miller
The City and the Stars (Arthur C. Clarke)
The City and the Stars
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Arthur C. Clarke
Columbus Day (Craig Alanson)
Columbus Day
13
Craig Alanson
Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft (H. P. Lovecraft)
Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft
14
H. P. Lovecraft
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon
15
Neal Stephenson
The Dark Is Rising (Susan Cooper)
The Dark Is Rising
16
Susan Cooper
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
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Frank Herbert
Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Earthsea
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Ursula K. Le Guin
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
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Jane Austen
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
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N. K. Jemisin
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway, Ernest)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Hemingway, Ernest
Forever War
Forever War
22
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
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Umberto Eco
Gnomon (Nick Harkaway)
Gnomon
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Nick Harkaway
Gone Away World
Gone Away World
25
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
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Terry Pratchett
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
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John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
28
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
29
Haruki Murakami
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
30
J. K. Rowling
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
31
Joseph Conrad
House of Suns (Alastair Reynolds)
House of Suns
32
Alastair Reynolds
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
33
David Foster Wallace
The Inimitable Jeeves (P. G. Wodehouse)
The Inimitable Jeeves
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P. G. Wodehouse
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
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Haruki Murakami
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
36
Ursula K. Le Guin
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
37
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
38
Andy Weir
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
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George Eliot
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
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Salman Rushdie
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