Abbey, Edward. The Monkey Wrench Gang. 1975.
Adams, Richard. Girl in a Swing. 1980.
Albert, Mimi. Skirts. 1994.
Aldiss, Brian. Dracula Unbound. 1991. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Allison, Dorothy. Bastard Out of Carolina. 1992.
__________. Trash. 1988.
Alvarez, Julia. How the Farcia Girls Lost Their Accents. 1991.
Alther, Lisa. Kinflicks. 1975.
Amis, Kingsley. Lucky Jim. 1954. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Amis, Martin. Money. 1985.
Andersen, Kurt. Turn of the Century. 1999.
Anderson, Alison. Hidden Lattitudes. 1997.
Ansay, A. Manette. Midnight Champagne. 2000.
__________. Vinegar Hill. 1994.
Atkinson, Kate. Emotionally Weird. 2000.
__________. Human Croquet. 1998.
Atwood, Margaret. Alias Grace. 1996.
__________. Cat's Eye. 1989.
__________. Dancing Girls. 1977.
__________. Lady Oracle. 1976.
__________. Wilderness Tips. 1991.
Auster, Paul. Leviathan. 1992.
__________. Music of Chance. 1990.
Bainbridge, Beryl. Master Georgie. 1998.
Baker, Nicholson. Fermata. 1994. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
__________. Mezzanine. 1988. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Ballard, J. G. The Atrocity Exhibithion. 1970. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
__________. Empire of the Sun. 1984. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Banks, Russell. Rule of the Bone. 1995.
Banville, John. Book of Evidence. 1989.
Barber, Pat. The Man Who Wasn't There. 1989.
Barthelme, Donald. The Dead Father. 19__.
Bass, Cynthia. Maiden Voyage. 1996.
__________. Sherman's March. 1994.
Bauer, Patricia. Hollywood and Hardwood. 1999.
Beattie, Ann. Another You. 1995.
__________. The Burning House. 1982.
Begley, Louis. About Schmidt. 1996.
Bell, Madison Smartt. All Souls' Rising. 1995.
Benedict, Elizabeth. Almost. 2001.
Bernau, Georges. Promises to Keep. 1988.
Blauner, Peter. The Intruder. 1996.
Bourdain, Anthony. Bone in the Throat. (date?)
Bowles, Paul. The Sheltering Sky. 1949.
Boyle, T. Coraghessan. Collected Stories. 1998.
__________. The Road to Wellville. 1993.
Bradbury, Malcolm. The History Man. 1975.
Brady, Joan. Theory of War. 1993.
Brautigan, Richard. Trout Fishing in America. 1967. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Brookner, Anita. Look at Me. 1983.
Bull, Emma. The War for the Oaks. 1987. [Read Years ago -- to be re-read]
Burke, James Lee. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead. 1993. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Burns, Olive Ann. Cold Sassy Tree. 1984. [Read long ago -- to be re-read]
Butler, Octavia. Kindred. 1979. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Butler, Robert Olen. Countrymen of Bones. 1983.
Byatt, A.S. Possession. 1990.
__________. Shadow of the Sun. 199_.
Cadigan, Pat. Tea from an Empty Cup. 1998.
Cains, James M. Double Indemnity. 1971.
__________. The Postman Always Rings Twice. 1962.
Carey, Peter. Jack Maggs. 1998.
Carr, Caleb. Angel of Darkness. 1997.
Chaban, Michael. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. 2000.
Chandler, Raymond. The Long Goodbye. 1953.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. (Prose translation by R.M. Lumiansky) 197_.
Cheever, John. Collected Stories. 1978.
Cherry, Kelly. Society of Friends. 1999.
Chizman, Richard. The Best of Cemetery Dance. 1998.
Christopher, Nicholas. Veronica. 1996.
Clark, Robert. Mr. White's Confession. 1998.
Connell, Evan S. Mr. Bridge. 1969.
Coover, Robert S. John's Wife. 1996.
Coupland, Douglas. Generation X. 1991.
Crawford, Stanley. Some Instructions to My Wife. 1978.
Crowell, Jenn. Necessary Madness. 1997.
Crumey, Andrew. Mr. Mee. 2001.
Dalby, Liza. Tale of Murasaki. 2000.
De Lilo, Don. Libra. 1988.
__________. White Noise. 1985.
De Marinis, Rick. Borrowed Hearts. 1999.
Dexter, Peter. Paris Trout. 1988.
Disch, Thomas M. The Sub. 1999.
Doctorow, E.L. Billy Bathgate. 1989.
Dos Passos, John. Three Soldiers. 1921.
Doyle, Roddy. A Star Called Henry. 1999.
Dreiser, Theodore. An American Tragedy. 1925. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Du Maurier, Daphne. The House on the Strand. 1968.
Duncan, David James. The Brothers K. 1992.
Easterman, Daniel. K. 1997.
Elkin, Stanley. Mrs. Ted Bliss. 1995.
Ellis, Brett Easton. Less than Zero. 1985.
Endo, Shusaku. Sae and Poison. 1972.
Enger, Leif. Peace Like a River. 2001.
Esquivel, Laura. Like Water for Chocolate. 1989.
Fitzgerald, Penelope. The Bookshop. 1997.
__________. Gate of Angels. 1990.
Fitzhugh, Bill. Pest Control. 1997.
Fowler, karen Joy. Sarah Canary. 1991.
Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman. 1969. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Franzen, Jonathan. Corrections. 2001.
Fuhrman, Chris. Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys. 1994.
Gadal, Peter. Long Rain. 1997.
Gaarder, Jostein. Sophie's World. 1994.
Gaitskill, Mary. Two Girls, Fat and Thin. 1991.
Galbraith, Douglas. The Rising Sun. 2001.
Gates, DAvid. Jernigan. 1991.
__________. Preston Falls. 1998.
Gilchrist. Ellen. Courts of Love. 1996.
__________. I Cannot Get You Close Enough. 1990.
__________. In the Land of Dreamy Dreams. 1981.
Gilman, Carolyn Ives. Halfway Human. 1998.
Godwin, Gail. Finishing School. 1985.
__________. Mother and Two Daughters. 1982.
Goldberg, Myla. Bee Season. 2000.
Goodman, Allegra. Total Immersion. 1989.
Goodwin, Parke. Tower of Beowulf. 1995.
Graham, Caroline. The Killings at Badger's Drift. 1987.
Gramont, Nimade. Of Cats and Men. 2001.
Green, George Dawes. Caveman's Valentine. 1994.
Greene, Graham. The Tenth Man. 1985.
Grudin, Robert. The Book. 1992.
Guare, John. Six Degrees of Separation. 1990.
Haasse, Hella. In a Dark Wood Wandering. 1989.
Hall, Matthew. The Art of Breaking Glass. 1999.
Hamilton, Jane. Book of Ruth. 1988.
__________. Disobedience. 2000.
__________. Map of the World. 1994.
Hand, Elizabeth. Last Summer at Mars Hill. 1998.
Harris, Robert. Archangel. 1998.
Harrison, Colin. Afterburn. 2000.
Hartog, Jan de. Centurion. 1989.
Hellenga, Robert. Sixteen Pleasures. 1994.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. 1926. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Herbert, James. Others. 1999.
Highsmith, Patricia. Selected Stories. 2001.
Hoag, Tami. Ashes to Ashes. 1999.
Hoffman, Alice. Blue Diary. 2001.
__________. Illumination Night. 1987.
Holland, Cecelia. Jerusalem. 1996.
Holman, Sheri. The Dress Lodger. 2000.
__________. Stolen Tongue. 1998.
__________. Valley of the Kings. 1997.
Hornby, Nick. About a Boy. 1998.
Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meaney. 1989.
__________. Widow for One Year. 1998.
Isherwood, Christopher. A Single Man. 1964
Ishiguro, Kazuo. When We Were Orphans. 2000.
Johnson, Diane. Le Divorce. 1997.
Jong, Erica. Fear of Flying. 1873. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
King, Stephen. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. 1999.
Lanchester, John. A Debt to Pleasure. 1996.
Leffland, Ella. Rumors of Peace. 1979.
Le Guin, Ursula. The Telling. 2000.
Lively, Penelope. Heat Wave. 1996.
__________. Judgment Day. 1980.
__________. Treasures of Time. 1979.
Lodge, David. Out of the Shelter. 1970.
__________. Thinks. . . . 2001.
Lurie, Allison. Last Resort. 1998.
McCabe, Patrick. Butcher Boy. 1992.
McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian. 1985.
__________. Child of God. 1974.
McCown, Clint. War Memorials. 2000.
McCracken, Elizabeth. Niagara Falls All Over Again. 2001.
McDevitt, Jack. Eternity Road. 1997.
McDonald, Ian. Sacrifice of Fools. (date?)
McEwen, Ian. Amsterdam. 1998.
__________. Atonement. 2002.
__________. The Comfort of Strangers. 1981.
__________. First Love, Last Rites. 1975.
__________. The Innocent. 1990.
McGuire, Gregory T. A Gentle Wind Came with Us. 1989.
McMurtry, Larry. All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers. 1972.
__________. Dead Man's Walk. 1995.
__________. Some Can Whistle. 1989.
Martin, Dannie. The Dishwasher. (date?)
Matthews, Susan. Exchange of Prisoners. 1997.
Mattison, Alice. The Book Borrower. 1999.
Maugham, Somerset. The Painted Veil. 1924.
Maxwell, William. So Long, See You Tomorrow. 1980.
Means, Howard. C.S.A. -- Confederate States of America. (date?)
Miller, Lorrie. Anagrams. 1997.
__________. Birds of America. 1998.
Millhauser, Steven. The Knife-Thrower. 1998.
__________. Little Kingdoms. 1993.
Mills, Magnus. Restraint of Beast. 1998.
Moody, Rick. Ice Storm. 1994.
Moorcock, Michael. Blood: A Southern Fantasy. 1995.
__________. King of the City. 2001.
Moore, Lorrie. Self-Help. 1985.
Moore, Susanna. In the Cut. 1995.
Morrison, Toni. Beloved. 1987.
Murdoch, Iris. Henry and Cato. 1977.
Murphy, Pat. The City Not Long After. 1989.
Nemerov, Howard. Homecoming Game. 1992.
Nichols, John. Sterile Cuckoo. 1965. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Norfolk, Lawrence. Lempriere's Dictionary. 1991.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Broke Heart Blues. 1999.
__________. Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque. 1994.
__________. Heat and Other Stories. 1991.
__________. My Heart Laid Bare.1998.
__________. Mysteries of Winterthurn. 1984.
__________. Unholy Loves. 1979.
__________. You Must Remember This. 1987.
__________. Zombie. 1995.
O'Brien, Edna. Country Girls. 1960.
__________. Lovely Girl. 1962.
O'Brien, Tim. In the Lake of the Woods. 1994.
__________. Tomcat in Love. 1998.
O'Hara, John. Appointment in Samara. 1934.
Pamuk, Orhan. My Name Is Red. 2001.
Parks, Tim. Juggling with the Stars. 1990.
__________. Mimi's Ghost. 2000.
Pears, Iain. An Instance of the Fingerpost. 1999.
Peck, M. Scott. Bed by the Window. 1990.
Pelletier, Cathy. Beaming Sonny Home. 1996.
__________. The Funeral Makers. 1986.
__________. Once Upon a Time on the Banks. 1989.
Percy, Walker. The Moviegoer. 1961.
__________. The Thanatos Syndrome. 1987.
Pilcher, Rosamund. The Shell-Seekers. 1987.
Plath, Sylvia. The Bell Jar. 1963. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Pollack, Neal. The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature. 2000.
Powers, Richard. Galatea 2.2. 1995.
Prose, Francine. Bigfoot Dreams. 1986.
Proulx, E. Annie. The Shipping News. 1993.
Robinson, Kim Stanley. Re-Making History. 1991.
__________. Years of Rice and Salt. 2002.
Roth, Philip. American Patrol. 1997.
__________. Human Stain. 2000.
__________. I Married a Communist. 1998.
__________. Sabbath's Theater. 1995.
Rubin, Louis D. Heat of the Sun. 1995.
Rusch, Kristine Katherine. Hitler's Angel. 1998.
Russ, Joanna. The Female Man. (date?)[Read years ago -- to be re-read]
__________. Picnic on Paradise. (date?)[Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Russell, Mary Doria. The Sparrow. 1997.
Russo, Richard. Empire Falls. 2001.
Sacks, Jen. Nice. 1998. [READ]
Salinger, J.D. Catcher in the Rye. 1951. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
__________. Nine Stories. 195_. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Sargent, Pamela. Venus of Dreams. 1986.
Schine, Cathleen. Love Letter. 1995.
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction. 1999. [I've read about half the stories in this]
See, Carolyn. The Handyman. 1999.
Shapiro, Dan. Playing with Fire. 1989.
Shapiro, Jane. The Dangerous Husband. 1999.
Shepard, Lucius. Beast of the Heartland. 1999.
Sherman, Alexie. Indian Killer. 1996.
__________. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. 1996.
__________. Reservation Blues. 1995.
Shields, Carol. Larry's Party. 1997.
__________. The Republic of Love. 1992.
__________. Small Ceremonies. 1976.
Shiner, Lewis. Say Goodbye. 1999.
Shirley, John. Splendid Chaos. 1988.
Simpson, Mona. Anywhere But Here. 1987.
Sinclair, Allison. Cavalcade. 1998.
Smily, Jane. All True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton. 1998.
__________. Ordinary Love and Good Will. 1989.
Smith, Scott. A Simple Plan. 1993.
Spark, Muriel. The Ballad of Peckham Rye. 1960.
__________. Memento Mori. 1959.
__________. Symposium. 1990.
Spencer, Scott. Men in Black. 1995.
Stegner, Wallace. All the Little Live Things. 1967. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
__________. Angle of Repose. 1971.
__________. The Big Rock Candy Mountain. 1995.
__________. The Spectator Bird. 1990.
Steinbeck, John. The Moon Is Down. 1942. [Read years ago -- to be re-read]
Steiner, Robert. Matinee. 1989.
Stendhal. The Red and the Black. (Lowell Blair translation) 197_.
Sterling, Bruce. Distraction. 1998.
Stone, Robert. Dog Soldiers. 1974.
Straub, Peter. The Hellfire Club. 1996.
__________. Mr. X. 1999.
Strout, Elizabeth. Amy and Isabella. 1999.
Stuart, Alexander. War Zone. 1989.
Swift, Graham. Last Orders. 1996.
Taylor, Peter. Summons to Memphis. 1986.
Thayer, James. Man of the Century. 1997.
Thon, Melanie Rae. Girls in the Grass. 1991.
Trevor, William. Angels at the Ritz. 1975.
__________. The Boarding House. 1965.
__________. The Children of Dynmouth. 1976.
__________. Death in Summer. 1998.
__________. Family Sins. 1990.
__________. Felicia's Journey. 1994.
__________. Silence in the Garden. 1988.
Trollope, Anthony. The Eustace Diamonds. 187_. [Read long ago -- to be re-read]
Trollope, Joanna. Next of Kin. 2001.
Turteltaub, H.N. Justinian. 1998.
Tyler, Anne. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. 1982.
__________. If Morning Ever Comes. 1964.
__________. Ladder of Years. 1995.
__________. Morgan's Passing. 1980.
__________. Searching for Caleb. 1976.
Updike, John. Museums and Women. 1972.
Vidal, Gore. The Smithsonian Institution. 1998.
Wagner, Bruce. I'll Let You Go. 2002.
Walters, Minette. The Ice-House. 1992.
Wei Hui. Shanghai Baby. 2001.
Weldon, Fay. The Cloning of Joanna May. 1989.
__________. Heart of the Country. 1987.
__________. Life Force. 1992.
__________. Splitting. 1995.
West, Nathanael. Day of the Locust. 1939.
__________. Miss Lonelyhearts. 1933.
Wilder, Thornton. Theophilus North. 1973.
Wilson, Angus. The Middle Age of Mrs. Elliot. 1958.
Wilson, Charles. Harvest. 1992.
Zeidner, Lisa. Layover. 1999.

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