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The English Teacher Reflects: 25 Favorite Authors, 4 Books Each

As our Maverick English Teacher approaches retirement, he thinks about authors whose work he returns to again and again. Here are 25 of his favorite authors and 4 representative works of each of them. The list includes recognized classics, serious, literary mainstream fiction, and popular category and genre storytelling. The list is personal and idiosyncratic, and is deliberately restricted to novels and short fiction.
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The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
1
Ernest Hemingway
Islands in the Stream (Ernest Hemingway)
Islands in the Stream
2
Ernest Hemingway
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
3
Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
4
Ernest Hemingway
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
5
Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
6
Joseph Conrad
Nostromo (Conrad - Penguin Classics))
Nostromo
7
Conrad - Penguin Classics)
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
The Shadow Line
8
Joseph Conrad
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnamable
9
Samuel Beckett
How It Is (Samuel Beckett)
How It Is
10
Samuel Beckett
Murphy (Samuel Beckett)
Murphy
11
Samuel Beckett
First Love (Samuel Beckett)
First Love
12
Samuel Beckett
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
13
Charles Dickens
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
14
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
15
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
16
Charles Dickens
A Study in Scarlet (Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
17
Doyle
The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Sign of Four
18
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
19
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
20
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
21
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Master of Ballantrae
22
Robert Louis Stevenson
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
23
Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
24
Robert Louis Stevenson
Zorba the Greek (Kazantzakis)
Zorba the Greek
25
Kazantzakis
The Greek Passion (Kazantzakis)
The Greek Passion
26
Kazantzakis
Freedom or Death (Kazantzakis)
Freedom or Death
27
Kazantzakis
The Last Temptation of Christ (Nikos Kazantzakis)
The Last Temptation of Christ
28
Nikos Kazantzakis
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
29
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In the First Circle (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
In the First Circle
30
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
31
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
32
Solzhenitsyn
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
33
Umberto Eco
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
34
Umberto Eco
The Island of the Day Before (Umberto Eco)
The Island of the Day Before
35
Umberto Eco
Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
Baudolino
36
Umberto Eco
Player Piano (Kurt Vonnegut)
Player Piano
37
Kurt Vonnegut
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
38
Kurt Vonnegut
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
39
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
40
Kurt Vonnegut
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