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The Aging Book Nerd's Favorite Fiction (Today)

An eclectic list culled from 60+ years of reading and including classics, mainstream and literary fiction, and the genres.
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1984 (Orwell)
1984
1
Orwell
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (Forester)
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
2
Forester
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
3
Arthur Conan Doyle
All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
4
Remarque
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
5
Neil Gaiman
American Supernatural Fiction (Joshi)
American Supernatural Fiction
6
Joshi
Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
Ancient Images
7
Ramsey Campbell
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
8
Agatha Christie
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
9
George Orwell
August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
10
Solzhenitsyn
Background to Danger (Ambler)
Background to Danger
11
Ambler
Beat to Quarters (Forester)
Beat to Quarters
12
Forester
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
13
Crossley-Holland
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu) (Lefanu)
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu)
14
Lefanu
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft
15
H. P. Lovecraft
The Best of Richard Matheson (Matheson)
The Best of Richard Matheson
16
Matheson
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
17
James Ellroy
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep
18
Chandler
Billiards at Half-Past Nine (Heinrich Böll)
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
19
Heinrich Böll
Black Alibi (Cornell Woolrich)
Black Alibi
20
Cornell Woolrich
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
21
James Ellroy
The Book of Cold Cases (Simone St. James)
The Book of Cold Cases
22
Simone St. James
The Bride Wore Black (Woolrich)
The Bride Wore Black
23
Woolrich
The Broken Girls (Simone St James)
The Broken Girls
24
Simone St James
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
25
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Burnt Offerings (Robert Marasco)
Burnt Offerings
26
Robert Marasco
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
27
Greene
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
28
Miller
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
29
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Carrion Comfort (Simmons)
Carrion Comfort
30
Simmons
Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
31
Vonnegut
Cause for Alarm (Ambler)
Cause for Alarm
32
Ambler
The Ceremonies (T.E.D. Klein)
The Ceremonies
33
T.E.D. Klein
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
34
Arthur C. Clarke
Children of the Night (Davies)
Children of the Night
35
Davies
Children of the Night (Simmons)
Children of the Night
36
Simmons
Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (Collings)
Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories
37
Collings
A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
38
Burgess
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
39
Ambler
Collected Stories of Heinrich Böll (Böll)
Collected Stories of Heinrich Böll
40
Böll
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