My Favorite Forty Works of Prose Fiction Fourth Series

Explore the fourth series of My Favorite Forty Works of Prose Fiction—a curated list of must-read books in fiction. Discover timeless classics and hidden gems in this essential prose collection.

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Old Goriot

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Possession

by A. S. Byatt

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A tale of two young scholars researching the secret love affair of two Victorian poets that's an exhilarating …
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon

For sixty years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of …
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John Dos Passos: U.S.A. (LOA #85)

by John Dos Passos

Unique for its epic scale and panoramic social sweep, Dos Passos' masterpiece comprises three novels--The 42nd Parallel, 1919, and The Big Money--which create an unforgettable …
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The Magic Kingdom

by Stanley Elkin

Once they arrive, a series of absurdities characteristic of an Elkin novel - including a freak snowstorm and a run-in with a vengeful Mickey Mouse …
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Everything Is Illuminated

by Jonathan Safran Foer

With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man -- also named Jonathan Safran Foer -- sets out to find the woman who may …
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Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

Catch-22 is like no other novel. It is one of the funniest books ever written, a keystone work in American literature, and even added a …
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High Fidelity

by Nick Hornby

The romantic trials of the owner of a London record shop, after his girlfriend leaves him for another man.
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War Trash

by Ha Jin

Ha Jin’s masterful new novel casts a searchlight into a forgotten corner of modern history, the experience of Chinese soldiers held in U.S. POW camps …
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The Last Temptation of Christ

by Nikos Kazantzakis

In this story, Jesus is presented as both fully human and fully divine, free of sin but subject to all temptations.
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A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

by Danilo Kiš

"Kis is one of the handful of incontestably major writers of the second half of the century . . . Danilo Kis preserves the honor …
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A Hero of Our Time - Lermontov

by M. Y. Lermontov

THIS novel, known as one of the masterpieces of Russian Literature, under the title "A Hero of our Time," and already translated into at least …
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The Monk

by Matthew Lewis

Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, The Monk is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest. The great struggle between …
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Under the Volcano

by Malcolm Lowry

Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise is drinking, an activity that has overshadowed his life. On the …
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The Catcher in the Rye

by J.D. Salinger

The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions …
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