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The Retired English Teacher's Random List of Favorite Literary Fiction - Page 2

Not all of the mainstream literary fiction ( as opposed to category AKA genre fiction) that I like, but a good representation of the kinds of books that I will come back to and read again.
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The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
41
Edith Wharton
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
42
Italo Calvino
In the Lake of the Woods (Tim O'Brien)
In the Lake of the Woods
43
Tim O'Brien
In Sunlight and in Shadow (Mark Helprin)
In Sunlight and in Shadow
44
Mark Helprin
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
45
Italo Calvino
Islands in the Stream (Hemingway)
Islands in the Stream
46
Hemingway
Last Night in Montreal (Emily St. John Mandel)
Last Night in Montreal
47
Emily St. John Mandel
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
48
Victor Hugo
The Lola Quartet (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Lola Quartet
49
Emily St. John Mandel
The Man Outside (Wolfgang Borchert)
The Man Outside
50
Wolfgang Borchert
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof (Jiří Weil)
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof
51
Jiří Weil
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Mother Night
52
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The Name of the Rose (Eco)
The Name of the Rose
53
Eco
Neighbors (Thomas Berger)
Neighbors
54
Thomas Berger
Nobody's Fool (Russo)
Nobody's Fool
55
Russo
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground
56
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
57
John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the (Hemingway)
The Old Man and The
58
Hemingway
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
59
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
One Last Thing Before I Go (Tropper)
One Last Thing Before I Go
60
Tropper
One True Thing (Anna Quindlen)
One True Thing
61
Anna Quindlen
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
62
Jerzy Kosinski
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
63
Joyce
The Power and the Glory (Greene)
The Power and the Glory
64
Greene
The Quiet American (Greene)
The Quiet American
65
Greene
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
66
John Updike
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
67
Alan Sillitoe
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility
68
Emily St.John Mandel
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
The Shadow Line
69
Joseph Conrad
The Singer's Gun (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Singer's Gun
70
Emily St. John Mandel
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Slaughterhouse-Five
71
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
72
Hemingway
Somewhere off the Coast of Maine (Hood)
Somewhere off the Coast of Maine
73
Hood
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
74
Emily St John Mandel
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
75
Albert Camus
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
76
Ernest Hemingway
The Sweet Hereafter (Russell Banks)
The Sweet Hereafter
77
Russell Banks
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
78
Charles Dickens
That Old Cape Magic (Richard Russo)
That Old Cape Magic
79
Richard Russo
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Tadeusz Borowski)
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
80
Tadeusz Borowski
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