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The English Teacher Reflects: Genre Favorites Worth Re-Reading

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast looks at 10 genres and sub-genres and lists 5 books in each category that he particularly likes and feels bear repeated reading. No author could have more than one book on the list, and mainstream "literary " fiction was excluded. The categories are:1) Spy fiction; 2) Detective Story; 3)Thriller; 4) Science Fiction; 5) Horror/Dark Fantasy; 6) Western; 7) Adventure; 8) Romance; 9) Ghost Story; 10) Roman Noir.
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A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
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From Russia With Love (Fleming)
From Russia With Love (Fleming)
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The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
4
Funeral in Berlin (Deighton)
Funeral in Berlin (Deighton)
5
The Quiller Memorandum (Adam Hall)
The Quiller Memorandum (Adam Hall)
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
7
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
8
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
9
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
10
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
11
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
12
Rogue Male
Rogue Male
13
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
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The Silence of the Lambs (Novel)
The Silence of the Lambs (Novel)
15
The Woman in the Window (A.J. Finn)
The Woman in the Window (A.J. Finn)
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The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
18
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert a Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert a Heinlein)
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The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed
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Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
21
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
22
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
23
Interview With the Vampire
Interview With the Vampire
24
Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
25
Carrion Comfort (Dan Simmons)
Carrion Comfort (Dan Simmons)
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The Ox-Bow Incident (Clark, Walter Van Tilburg)
The Ox-Bow Incident (Clark, Walter Van Tilburg)
27
Shane (Schaefer)
Shane (Schaefer)
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The Searchers (Alan Lemay)
The Searchers (Alan Lemay)
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Warlock (Oakley Hall)
Warlock (Oakley Hall)
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Three-Ten to Yuma (Elmore Leonard)
Three-Ten to Yuma (Elmore Leonard)
31
King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines
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Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
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The African Queen (C.S. Forester)
The African Queen (C.S. Forester)
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Mutiny on the Bounty (Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall)
Mutiny on the Bounty (Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall)
35
The Guns of Navarone (MacLean)
The Guns of Navarone (MacLean)
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Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
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The Moon-Spinners (Mary Stewart)
The Moon-Spinners (Mary Stewart)
38
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
40
Lorna Doone (Blackmoore, R.D.)
Lorna Doone (Blackmoore, R.D.)
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