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Popular (Genre) Fiction Masterpieces of High Literary Value - Page 2

187 works of category (genre) fiction that are also works of literature worthy of serious reading. The categories considered are:
Mystery/Detective, Crime, intrigue/Spy, high fantasy, horror/dark fantasy, Science Fiction, Gothic romance, and westerns. There are many, many more than are listed here, because the best writing is very often found in the genres.
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Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
41
Bram Stoker
The Drowned World (JG Ballard)
The Drowned World
42
JG Ballard
The Drowning Pool
The Drowning Pool
43
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
44
Robert Silverberg
Eight Million Ways to Die
Eight Million Ways to Die
45
The Fall of Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
The Fall of Hyperion
46
Dan Simmons
Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely
47
Chandler
The First Men in the Moon (H.G. Wells)
The First Men in the Moon
48
H.G. Wells
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
49
Forever Peace (Joe Haldeman)
Forever Peace
50
Joe Haldeman
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
51
Joe Haldeman
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
52
Mary Shelley
From Hell (Eddie Campbell)
From Hell
53
Eddie Campbell
Funeral in Berlin (Deighton)
Funeral in Berlin
54
Deighton
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
55
Elmore Leonard
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
56
Peter Straub
The Given Day (Dennis Lehane)
The Given Day
57
Dennis Lehane
The Glass Key (Dashiell Hammett)
The Glass Key
58
Dashiell Hammett
Glitz (Elmore Leonard)
Glitz
59
Elmore Leonard
Good Morning Midnight (Lily Brooks-Dalton)
Good Morning Midnight
60
Lily Brooks-Dalton
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
61
Terry Pratchett
Greenmantle (John Buchan)
Greenmantle
62
John Buchan
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
63
Shirley Jackson
Hell House (Richard Marheson)
Hell House
64
Richard Marheson
The Hemingway Hoax (Joe Haldeman)
The Hemingway Hoax
65
Joe Haldeman
The High Window (Chandler)
The High Window
66
Chandler
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
67
Elizabeth Kostova
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
68
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hollow Hills (Mary Stewart)
The Hollow Hills
69
Mary Stewart
Hombre (Elmore Leonard)
Hombre
70
Elmore Leonard
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
71
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Howling Man (Charles Beaumont)
The Howling Man
72
Charles Beaumont
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
73
Dan Simmons
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
74
Richard Matheson
I Married a Dead Man (Cornell Woolrich)
I Married a Dead Man
75
Cornell Woolrich
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
76
Anna Kavan
In a Lonely Place (Dorothy B. Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
77
Dorothy B. Hughes
In a Strange City (Laura Lippman)
In a Strange City
78
Laura Lippman
Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon)
Inherent Vice
79
Thomas Pynchon
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
80
H.G. Wells
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