Fiction I've Enjoyed

DOROTHY ALLISON, BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA

MARGARET ATWOOD, THE ROBBER BRIDE, ALIAS GRACE

PAUL AUSTER, HAND TO MOUTH, THE NEW YORK TRILOGY

NICHOLSON BAKER, THE FERMATA

JAMES BALDWIN, THE FIRE NEXT TIME

JOHN BERENDT, MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL

JIM BRANDENBURG, BROTHER WOLF

ROBERT OLEN BUTLER, A GOOD SCENT FROM A STRANGE MOUNTAIN

HENRI CHARIERRE, PAPILLON

ARTHUR C. CLARKE, PROFILES OF THE FUTURE

CHRISTOPHER COOK, ROBBERS

MICHAEL CRICHTON, A CASE OF NEED, THE TERMINAL MAN

DON DELILLO, WHITE NOISE, MAO II, AMERICANA, UNDERWORLD, WORLD'S FAIR, THE WATERWORKS, RAGTIME, BILLY BATHGATE, LOON LAKE

SLAVENKA DRAKULIC, HOW WE SURVIVED COMMUNISM & EVEN LAUGHED

ANDRE DUBUS, DANCING AFTER HOURS, MEDITATIONS FROM A MOVABLE CHAIR

FREDERICK FORSYTH, THE DECEIVER, NO COMEBACKS, THE NEGOTIATOR, THE VETERAN

JOHN FOWLES, THE MAGNUS

CHARLES FRAZIER, COLD MOUNTAIN

GRAHAM GREENE, THE END OF THE AFFAIR, THE QUIET AMERICAN. THE HEART OF THE MATTER, THE POWER AND THE GLORY, THE COMEDIANS

EMMETT GROGAN, RINGO LEVIO

DONALD HALL, LIFE WORK

JIM HARRISON, JUST BEFORE DARK, LEGENDS OF THE FALL, A GOOD DAY TO DIE

VACLAV HAVEL, SUMMER MEDITATIONS, DISTURBING THE PEACE

GARRISON KEILLOR, THE BOOK OF GUYS

WILLIAM KENNEDY, IRONWEED

JON KRAKAUER, INTO THIN AIR

JOHN LECARRE, THE RUSSIA HOUSE, THE SECRET PILGRIM

ELMORE LEONARD, THE SWITCH, 52 PICKUP, MAXIMUM BOB, GLITZ, GOLD COAST, OUT OF SIGHT, BANDITS, RUM PUNCH, STICK, LA BRAVA, UNKNOWN MAN #89, PRONTO, FREAKY DEAKY, CITY PRIMEVAL, PAGAN BABIES

SINCLAIR LEWIS, BABBITT

RUSSELL LYNES, LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE

PETER MATTHIESSEN, LOST MAN'S RIVER

CORMAC MCCARTHY, SUTTREE, THE ORCHARD KEEPER, BLOOD MERIDIAN, ALL THE PRETTY HORSES, CITIES OF THE PLAIN

LARRY MCMURTRY, THE LATE CHILD

HENRY MILLER, COLLOSSUS OF MAROUSSI

BETH NUGENT, CITY OF BOYS

GEORGE ORWELL, A CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER, INSIDE THE WHALE AND OTHER ESSAYS

DOROTHY PARKER, THE COLLECTED DOROTHY PARKER

E. ANNIE PROULX, ACCORDIAN CRIMES

TOM ROBBINS, SKINNY LEGS AND ALL, STILL LIFE WITH WOODPECKER, ANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTION, HALF ASLEEP IN FROG PAJAMAS

PHILLIP ROTH, SABBATH'S THEATRE

SALMAN RUSHDIE, MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN, THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH, THE GROUND BENEATH HER FEET

J.D. SALINGER, FRANNY AND ZOOEY

NEVIL SHUTE, A TOWN LIKE ALICE

JANE SMILEY, ORDINARY LOVE AND GOOD WILL, A THOUSAND ACRES

WALLACE STEGNER, CROSSING TO SAFETY, THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN, ANGLE OF REPOSE

JOHN STEINBECK, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, THE RED PONY, THE PEARL, CANNERY ROW, EAST OF EDEN, THE SHORT REIGN OF PIPPIN IV, IN DUBIOUS BATTLE, THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT, SWEET THURSDAY

LEON URIS, A GOD IN RUINS

PETER USTINOV, KRUMNAGEL

GORE VIDAL, CREATION, EMPIRE

KURT VONNEGUT, SLAPSTICK, JAILBIRD, DEADEYE DICK, WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE, GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER, SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, MOTHER NIGHT, THE SIRENS OF TITAN, PLAYER PIANO, TIMEQUAKE

JOSEPH WAMBAUGH, THE SECRETS OF HARRY BRIGHT

ROBERT PENN WARREN, NIGHT RIDER

JAN WERICH, FIM FARUM

TOM WOLFE, KANDY KOLORED TANGERINE-FLAKE STREAMLINE BABY, THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES, THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST, A MAN IN FULL A-WOLFE, HOOKING UP

TOBIAS WOLFF, THE NIGHT IN QUESTION