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Non-Required Reading 2019: An English Teacher Looks at Great Popular (AKA Genre) Fiction - Page 3

A disgruntled English teacher wanders through the wealth of popular/genre fiction and comes up with a personal list of 140 books, any or all of which could (and should ) be used as alternatives to the current canon of required reading that most students abhor and avoid. The list is arranged by genre:
1-15 Westerns
16-35 Science Fiction
36-50 High Fantasy
51-70 Horror/Dark Fantasy
71-90 Hard Boiled Crime/ Noir
91-105 Mystery/Traditional Detective
106-125 Thriller/Intrigue
126-140 Gothic/Romance
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Eight Million Ways to Die
Eight Million Ways to Die
81
Unknown Man No. 89
Unknown Man No. 89
82
What the Dead Know
What the Dead Know
83
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
84
POP.1280 (Jim Thompson)
POP.1280
85
Jim Thompson
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mickey Spillane)
Kiss Me, Deadly
86
Mickey Spillane
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential
87
I Married a Dead Man
I Married a Dead Man
88
The Black Echo
The Black Echo
89
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
90
Cormac McCarthy
Sherlock Holmes Series (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes Series
91
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
92
Agatha Christie
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone
93
Collins
Service of All the Dead (Colin Dexter)
Service of All the Dead
94
Colin Dexter
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
95
Josephine Tey
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
96
Agatha Christie
The Dirty Duck (Martha Grimes)
The Dirty Duck
97
Martha Grimes
Murder at the Vicarage (Agatha Christie)
Murder at the Vicarage
98
Agatha Christie
A Taste for Death
A Taste for Death
99
The Apothecary Rose (Candice Robb)
The Apothecary Rose
100
Candice Robb
An Unkindness of Ravens (Rendell)
An Unkindness of Ravens
101
Rendell
Baltimore Blues (Laura Lippman)
Baltimore Blues
102
Laura Lippman
A Test of Wills
A Test of Wills
103
The Nine Tailors (Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Nine Tailors
104
Dorothy L. Sayers
The Origin of Evil (Ellery Queen)
The Origin of Evil
105
Ellery Queen
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
106
John Le Carré
The IPCRESS File
The IPCRESS File
107
The Quiller Memorandum (Adam Hall)
The Quiller Memorandum
108
Adam Hall
From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming)
From Russia With Love
109
Ian Fleming
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
110
Eric Ambler
Night Soldiers
Night Soldiers
111
Los Alamos (Joseph Kanon)
Los Alamos
112
Joseph Kanon
The Matarese Circle (Robert Ludlum)
The Matarese Circle
113
Robert Ludlum
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle
114
Ken Follett
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
115
John Le Carré
Funeral in Berlin - Len Deighton
Funeral in Berlin - Len Deighton
116
Trinity 6 (Charles Cumming)
Trinity 6
117
Charles Cumming
At Risk (Stella Rimington)
At Risk
118
Stella Rimington
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
The Thirty-Nine Steps
119
John Buchan
The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands
120
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