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Originally Posted by AlbertaCowboy
Alright, just for fun, I'm going to try to fill out every catagory with books I've not only read, but would also recommend:
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Sounds like fun! Here are mine, off the top of my head:
- historical fiction: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- horror: Dracula by Bram Stoker
- science fiction: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- banned: Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- history: The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
- science:
- literary fiction: The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
- short stories: The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
- biography / memoir: Frank: The Voice by James Kaplan
- fantasy: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
- magical realism:
- dystopia:
- chick-lit:
- mystery: Gaslight series by Victoria Thompson
- romance: The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
- steampunk:
- humor: Life Among the Savages and Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson
- folklore / mythology:
- gothic: Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart
- thriller: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- crime: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- zombies: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
- western: Shane by Jack Schaefer
- travel / adventure:
- space opera:
- pulp fiction: I Married a Dead Man by Cornell Woolrich