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The English Teacher's Random Favorites: Great Stories in Which to Lose Oneself

Our maverick English Teacher and bibliophile comes up with 40 works of fiction that create fictional worlds in which the reader may immerse him- or herself completely. Some are bona fide classics, some are great popular successes, and some are lesser known gems. All of them, however, are prime examples of the art of storytelling.
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11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
1
Stephen King
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
2
Neil Gaiman
Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur
3
Lew Wallace
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
4
Charles Dickens
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
5
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Captain Horatio Hornblower (Cecil Scott Forester)
Captain Horatio Hornblower
6
Cecil Scott Forester
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
7
Alexandre Dumas
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
8
Bram Stoker
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
9
Ernest Hemingway
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
10
Iaac Asimov
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
11
Margaret Mitchell
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
12
Joseph Conrad
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
13
Douglas Adams
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
14
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Hyperion Cantos (Dan Simmons)
The Hyperion Cantos
15
Dan Simmons
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
16
Charlotte Bronte
King Solomon's Mines (Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
17
Haggard
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
18
Thomas Malory
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
19
Victor Hugo
The Long Ships (Frans Bengtsson)
The Long Ships
20
Frans Bengtsson
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
21
Joseph Conrad
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
22
Herman Melville
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone
23
Collins
Njal's Saga (Anonymous)
Njal's Saga
24
Anonymous
Northwest Passage (Kenneth Roberts)
Northwest Passage
25
Kenneth Roberts
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
26
Homer
The Past Through Tomorrow (Heinlein)
The Past Through Tomorrow
27
Heinlein
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
28
Ken Follett
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
29
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
30
Daphne Du Maurier
Scaramouche (Rafael Sabatini)
Scaramouche
31
Rafael Sabatini
She (Haggard - Penguin Classics)
She
32
Haggard - Penguin Classics
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
33
Stephen King
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
34
John Brunner
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
35
Charles Dickens
The Terror (Dan Simmons)
The Terror
36
Dan Simmons
Tom Jones, a Foundling (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones, a Foundling
37
Henry Fielding
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
38
Leo Tolstoy
When Worlds Collide (Balmer & Wylie)
When Worlds Collide
39
Balmer & Wylie
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
40
Wilkie Collins
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