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The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
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Confusing at times but worth the effort. Dilsey's section easiest.
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Probably the novel I admire the most.
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Tender Is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Excellent in parts.
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From Russia with Love
Ian Fleming
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Fleming is much better than I expected.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee
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I identify with the son.
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The Firm
John Grisham
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Fun.
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The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
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In terms of juicy research, Harris is Michael Crichton w/o dinosaurs.
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A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
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War scenes contain some of Ernie's most evocative writing.
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The Iliad
Homer
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At the core, humans haven't changed much in thousands of years.
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The Odyssey
Homer
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One of the best adventure stories of all time. And what a wow finish.
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Ragtime
E. L. Doctorow
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Anything by the Doc.
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Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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So good I can remember the hero's name.
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Native Son
Richard Wright
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Great story. Shifting styles
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The Thurber Carnival
James Thurber
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One of my all time favorite books. Convinced me anything beyond 2,000 words needs cutting.
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All the President's Men
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
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Most readable of Woodward's books, probably thanks to Bernstein.
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Bulfinch's Mythology
Thomas Bulfinch
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Edith Hamilton's "Mythology" is more entertaining, but Bullfinch is more encyclopedic.
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Burr
Gore Vidal
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Terrific rendering of founding fathers. Vidal is irreplaceable.
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1984
George Orwell
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Avoided this in high school because I thought it was for sci fi geeks like my friend who quoted it. A year later I discovered "Animal Farm" and some essays and have been an Orwell devotee since.
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Charlotte’s Web
E. B. White
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Charlotte is the only spider I've never had an immediate urge to kill.
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Dracula
Bram Stoker
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Who needs Stephen King?
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