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Reading in Retirement: Some Favorite Fiction

Since I retired from teaching 3 years ago (and no longer have to read curriculum standards, interminable term papers, and excruciating essays), I've rediscovered reading for pleasure (and listening; Audiobooks are a godsend in that I can read while working out, driving, mowing the lawn, etc.). Here are a dozen dozens of fiction books I have read or reread in my retirement and that I thoroughly enjoyed . I also read a lot of non-fiction and drama, but those areas will have their own lists. If I ever get around to it, that is.
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Stone)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1
Stone
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Conrad (Signet ))
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer
2
Conrad (Signet )
Typhoon (Conrad)
Typhoon
3
Conrad
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
4
D. H. Lawrence
The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
5
Fitzgerald
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
6
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
7
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
8
Hemingway
Islands in the Stream (Hemingway)
Islands in the Stream
9
Hemingway
Three Novels (Beckett)
Three Novels
10
Beckett
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
11
John Steinbeck
Notes From Underground (Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground
12
Dostoyevsky
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls
13
Gogol
Diary of a Madman (Gogol)
Diary of a Madman
14
Gogol
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
15
Solzhenitsyn
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
16
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
17
Solzhenitsyn
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
18
Albert Camus
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
19
Greene
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
20
Greene
The End of the Affair (Greene)
The End of the Affair
21
Greene
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
22
Greene
The Power and the Glory (Greene)
The Power and the Glory
23
Greene
The Quiet American (Greene)
The Quiet American
24
Greene
The Third Man (Greene)
The Third Man
25
Greene
Last Night in Montreal (Emily St. John Mandel)
Last Night in Montreal
26
Emily St. John Mandel
The Lola Quartet (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Lola Quartet
27
Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven
28
Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel
29
Emily St. John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility
30
Emily St.John Mandel
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone
31
Collins
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
32
Wilkie Collins
A Study in Scarlet (Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
33
Doyle
The Sign of Four (Doyle, Arthur Conan)
The Sign of Four
34
Doyle, Arthur Conan
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
35
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
36
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Valley of Fear & Selected Cases (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Valley of Fear & Selected Cases
37
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Name of the Rose (Eco)
The Name of the Rose
38
Eco
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Forester)
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
39
Forester
Lieutenant Hornblower (Forester)
Lieutenant Hornblower
40
Forester
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