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Required Re-Reading: Books You Will Want to Return to - Fiction - Page 2

Our Maverick English Teacher considers THOSE books - the ones you return to, often again and again, for reasons you sometimes can't even fathom. You pick them up and glance through them, and the next thing you know you are ploughing through them again, thoroughly engrossed. Here are 75 works of fiction that he has read and re-read because he connects to them in ways that are deep, meaningful, and personal. The only restriction was that the books had to be fiction; non- fiction and drama will have their own lists down the road. Our list maker stopped at 75 to keep the list manageable; it could easily have been 2-3 times this length.
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The Long Ships (Frans Bengtsson)
The Long Ships
41
Frans Bengtsson
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
42
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
43
Dashiell Hammett
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
44
Philip K. Dick
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone
45
Collins
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
46
Umberto Eco
The Night of the Generals (Kirst)
The Night of the Generals
47
Kirst
No Blade of Grass (John Christopher)
No Blade of Grass
48
John Christopher
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
49
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
50
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Ox-Bow Incident (Clark, Walter Van Tilburg)
The Ox-Bow Incident
51
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
Salem's Lot
52
Stephen King
The Searchers (Alan Lemay)
The Searchers
53
Alan Lemay
Seven Days in May (Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey)
Seven Days in May
54
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey
She (Haggard)
She
55
Haggard
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
56
Stephen King
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
57
Anonymous
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
58
Kurt Vonnegut
Sorrow Floats (Sandlin)
Sorrow Floats
59
Sandlin
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
60
John Le Carré
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
61
John Brunner
Still Life With Woodpecker (Tom Robbins)
Still Life With Woodpecker
62
Tom Robbins
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
63
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
64
Albert Camus
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
65
Robert A. Heinlein
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
66
Ernest Hemingway
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
67
Charles Dickens
This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
68
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnameable (Samuel Beckett)
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnameable
69
Samuel Beckett
Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories (Jean Shepherd)
Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories
70
Jean Shepherd
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
71
H. G. Wells
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
72
A. A. Milne
Winter Kills (Condon)
Winter Kills
73
Condon
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
74
Wilkie Collins
Zorba the Greek (Nikos Kazantzaki)
Zorba the Greek
75
Nikos Kazantzaki
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