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Non-Required Reading 2019: An English Teacher Looks at Great Popular (AKA Genre) Fiction - Page 4

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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Six Days of the Condor
Six Days of the Condor
121
Assignment in Brittany (Macinnes)
Assignment in Brittany
122
Macinnes
Stamboul Train (Graham Greene)
Stamboul Train
123
Graham Greene
The Expendable Spy (Hunter)
The Expendable Spy
124
Hunter
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
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Frederick Forsyth
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
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Wilkie Collins
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
127
Daphne Du Maurier
Nine Coaches Waiting (Mary Stewart)
Nine Coaches Waiting
128
Mary Stewart
The Uninvited (Dorothy McCardle)
The Uninvited
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Dorothy McCardle
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
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Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
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Emily Brontë
Portrait of Jennie (Robert Nathan)
Portrait of Jennie
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Robert Nathan
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
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The Woman in the Window (A. J. Finn)
The Woman in the Window
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A. J. Finn
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
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Diana Gabaldon
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
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Margaret Mitchell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
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L.M. Montgomery
Somewhere in Time (Richard Matheson)
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Richard Matheson
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
139
Audrey Niffenegger
The Light Between Oceans (M.L. Stedman)
The Light Between Oceans
140
M.L. Stedman
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