Now these are some nice lists. The only items mentioned I have actually read are Hitchiker's(and it's sequels), Hell House, Huck' Finn, and Mockingbird.

okay now for the rest of the list... well as much of a list as i can come up with off the top of my head at almost three in the morning.

in no particular order:

cancer ward -- aleksandr solzhenitsyn
our mutual friend -- charles dickens
the lathe of heaven -- ursula think leguin
the seven pillars of wisdom -- t e lawrence
i claudius -- robert graves
claudius the god -- robert graves
harpo speaks -- harpo marx
gentleman's agreement -- laura z hobson
the manchurian candidate -- richard condon
tell me how long the train's been gone -- james baldwin (note, this is a short story)
the once and future king -- t h white
ragtime -- e l doctorow
wind, sand and stars -- antoine de sainte-exupéry
seymour, an introduction, and raise high the roof beam, carpenters -- j d salinger (note: two novellas in one volume)
steppenwolf -- hermann hesse
a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy -- doug adams (note: read the sequels too)
the fixer -- bernard malamud
pictures of fidelman -- bernard malamud
the female man -- joanna russ
the heart is a lonely hunter -- carson mccullers
les miserables -- victor hugo
a journal of the plague years -- stefan kanfer (note: daniel defoe has a book of the same name but it's a totally different book)
when the war is over -- stephen becker
kidnapped -- robert louis stevenson
hallucinations -- reinaldo areinas
jack the bear -- dan mccall

any book you can find by nevil shute, geoffrey household, janwillem van de wetering, laurens van der post, any of the above authors, jane austen

i have left off books like huckleberry finn and to kill a mockingbird because i am guessing you've already read them. if i am wrong, go for it!

that's all for now. maybe i will think of more later. i am sure i will be shocked when i realize what i have forgotten!

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look for any book by nicolas freeling. you'll want to read them all!

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