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The English Teacher Reflects: 25 Favorite Authors, 4 Books Each - Page 2

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 Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
41
Graham Greene
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
42
Greene
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
43
Greene
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
44
Graham Greene
Background to Danger (Eric Ambler)
Background to Danger
45
Eric Ambler
Cause for Alarm (Ambler)
Cause for Alarm
46
Ambler
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
47
Ambler
Journey Into Fear (Ambler)
Journey Into Fear
48
Ambler
Call for the Dead (John Le Carré)
Call for the Dead
49
John Le Carré
A Murder of Quality (John Le Carré)
A Murder of Quality
50
John Le Carré
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
51
John Le Carré
The Looking Glass War (John Le Carré)
The Looking Glass War
52
John Le Carré
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
53
Raymond Chandler
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely
54
Raymond Chandler
The High Window (Raymond Chandler)
The High Window
55
Raymond Chandler
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
56
Raymond Chandler
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
57
James Ellroy
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
58
James Ellroy
L.A. Confidential (James Ellroy)
L.A. Confidential
59
James Ellroy
White Jazz (James Ellroy)
White Jazz
60
James Ellroy
A Stab in the Dark
A Stab in the Dark
61
Eight Million Ways to Die
Eight Million Ways to Die
62
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (Lawrence Block)
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
63
Lawrence Block
A Walk Among the Tombstones
A Walk Among the Tombstones
64
The Officer Factory (Kirst)
The Officer Factory
65
Kirst
The Night of the Generals (Kirst)
The Night of the Generals
66
Kirst
Brothers in Arms (Kirst)
Brothers in Arms
67
Kirst
Last Stop Camp 7 (Hans Hellmut Kirst)
Last Stop Camp 7
68
Hans Hellmut Kirst
The Surgeon (Tess Gerritsen)
The Surgeon
69
Tess Gerritsen
The Apprentice (Tess Gerritsen)
The Apprentice
70
Tess Gerritsen
The Mephisto Club (Tess Gerritsen)
The Mephisto Club
71
Tess Gerritsen
The Keepsake (Tess Gerritsen)
The Keepsake
72
Tess Gerritsen
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
73
Ursula K Le Guin
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
74
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
75
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
76
Ursula K. Le Guin
Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book
77
Willis
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis)
To Say Nothing of the Dog
78
Connie Willis
Passages (Willis)
Passages
79
Willis
Blackout/All Clear
Blackout/All Clear
80
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