The Lord of the Rings trilogy (1954-5) by J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
Life and Fate (1960) by Vasily Grossman (1905-1964)
The Testament (1981) by Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)
Middlemarch (1871-2) by George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] (1819-1880)
Doctor Zhivago (1957) by Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)
The Pickwick Papers (1837) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
The First Circle (1968) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
Stalingrad (1952) by Vasily Grossman (1905-1964)
Our Mutual Friend (1865) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Schindler’s List (1982) by Thomas Keneally (1935-)
The House of the Spirits (1982) by Isabel Allende (1942-)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1929) by Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970)
Infinite Jest (1996) by David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)
The Circle (2013) by Dave Eggers (1970-)
The Every (2021) by Dave Eggers (1970-)
Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen (1775-1817)
Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Cancer Ward (1967) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
Silas Marner (1861) by George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] (1819-1880)
The Levant Trilogy (1977-80) by Olivia Manning (1908-1980)
Daughter of Fortune (1998) by Isabel Allende (1942-)
Sense and Sensibility (1811) by Jane Austen (1775-1817)
Dawn (1961) by Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)
Narcissus and Goldmund (1930) by Hermann Hesse (1877-1962)
The Mill on the Floss (1860) by George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] (1819-1880)
The Name of the Rose (1980) by Umberto Eco (1932-2016)
Main Street (1920) by Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)
Everything Flows (posthumously in 1972) by Vasily Grossman (1905-1964)
Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977-)
Great Expectations (1861) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Train Whistle Guitar (1974) by Albert Murray (1916-2013)
The Spyglass Tree (1991) by Albert Murray (1916-2013)
The Seven League Boots (1995) by Albert Murray (1916-2013)
The Magic Keys (2005) by Albert Murray (1916-2013)
Regeneration (1991) by Pat Barker (1943-)
The Fifth Son (1985) by Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)
Persuasion (1817) by Jane Austen (1775-1817)
The People Immortal (1943) by Vasily Grossman (1905-1964)
Bless Me, Ultima (1972) by Rudolfo Anaya (1937-2020)
A Gentleman in Moscow (2016) by Amor Towles (1964-)
Nicholas Nickleby (1839) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
All the Light We Cannot See (2014) by Anthony Doerr (1973-)
David Copperfield (1850) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
The Road to Wellville (1993) by T.C. Boyle (1948-)
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Mike, thanks for this fantastic list. I agree. There is also Don Quijote de la Mancha - Miguel de Cervantes. have printed rhe list for reference. I have read many of them and maybe, thanks to you, I will read some I have not read and reread again others I have read. Your postings always inspire me to read more fiction. Thank! Francisco
Always enjoy looking through book lists. Seeing Narcissus and Goldmund brought back memories. I went through a Herman Hesse phase, reading everything he wrote. The Glass Bead Game is my favorite - I carried that book around with me one entire summer, I remember.