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Fokker's Favorites: Essential Novels
The Merry Adventures of Robin HoodThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
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After more than 20 reads, starting when I was a child, it's still just as thrilling.
Treasure Island (Penguin Popular Classics)Treasure Island (Penguin Popular Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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The greed and deception involved in the plot make this more than a children's classic.
Oliver Twist (Penguin Popular Classics)Oliver Twist (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
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An excellent portrait of the timeless plight of society's underbelly.
The Day of the JackalThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
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The greatest thriller ever written - bar none.
The Maltese Falcon (Crime Masterworks)The Maltese Falcon (Crime Masterworks) by Dashiell Hammett
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Complex and ahead of it's time, this novel changed mystery fiction writing.
The Three Musketeers (Wordsworth Classics)The Three Musketeers (Wordsworth Classics) by Alexandre Dumas
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Swashbuckling romantic adventure.
Dracula (Penguin Popular Classics)Dracula (Penguin Popular Classics) by Bram Stoker
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Eerie and frightening, dark and disturbing. Better than any movie.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Penguin Popular Classics)The Hound of the Baskervilles (Penguin Popular Classics) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Sherlock Holmes' greatest case.
To Kill a Mockingbird: York NotesTo Kill a Mockingbird: York Notes by Beth Sims
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The Great American Novel.
The Big Sleep (Penguin Fiction)The Big Sleep (Penguin Fiction) by Raymond Chandler
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The greatest of the hard boiled detective novels.
The Call of the WildThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
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Another so-called childrens classic driven by greed and cruelty.
Elmer GantryElmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis
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A look into the evils that men are capable of comitting for personal gain.
The Count of Monte Cristo (Wordsworth Classics)The Count of Monte Cristo (Wordsworth Classics) by Alexandre Dumas
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Obsessive vengeance, rousing adventure.
David Copperfield (Penguin Popular Classics)David Copperfield (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
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The most classic of classic British novels.
Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Popular Classics)Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Popular Classics) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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The fearful effects that can occur when man's obsessions lead him to play God.
The Prisoner of Zenda (Oxford World's Classics)The Prisoner of Zenda (Oxford World's Classics) by Anthony Hope
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Heroic heroes. villianous villians, a beautiful damsel in distress.
The FirmThe Firm by John Grisham
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The definative legal thriller.
Black RoseBlack Rose by Costain
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Romantic adventure on the high seas.
The Long GoodbyeThe Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
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Convoluted story, fantastic dialogue.
Flashman in the Great GameFlashman in the Great Game by George MacDonald Fraser
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Brutal, accurate, and hilarious account of the Indian Mutiny.