[University of South Alabama]

LEISURE READING:
Fiction

http://library.southalabama.edu/

October 2008
(251) 460-7025

The following lists were compiled by Ellen Wilson, Mary Engebretson, Debbie Cobb, Amy Prendergast, Trevor Elmore, Jerry Wright, Kathy Wheeler, Jan Sauer, Sonja Axsmith, Kathy Jones, and Cubie Joor.              

 

 

 

 

GENERAL FICTION

Adams, Richard

PR 6051 .D345

 

LeCarre, John

PR 6062 .E33

Allende, Isabel

PQ 8098.1 .L54

 

Lee, Chang-rae

PS 3562 .E3347 N38 1995(Native Speaker)

         

Alvarez, Julia

PS 3551 .L845

 

Lessing, Doris

PR 6023 .E833

Anaya, Rudolfo

PS 3551 .N27

 

Mailer, Norman

PS 3525 .A4152

Atwood, Margaret

PR 9199.3 .A8

 

McCarthy, Cormac

PS 3563 .C337

Brookner, Anita

PR 6052 .R5816

 

Messud, Claire

PS 3563 .E8134 E47 2006 (The Emperor’s Children)

         

Byatt, A.S.

PR 6052 .Y2

 

Moody, Rick

PS 3563 .O5537

Chabon, Michael

PS 3553 .H15

 

Munro, Alice

PR 9199.3 .M8

Chevalier, Tracy

PS 3553 .H4367

 

Naslund, Sena Jeter

PS 3564 .A827

Cisneros, Sandra

PS 3553 .I78

 

O'Neill, Jamie

PR 6065 .N4194 A92 2003(At Swim, Two Boys)

         

Coetzee, J.M.

PR 9369.3 .C58

 

Orwell, George

PR 6029 .R8

Coupland, Douglas

PS 3553 .O855

 

Patchett, Ann

PS 3566 .A7756

Cunningham, Michael

PS 355 .U484/U557

 

Pearson, Allison

PR 6116 .E17 I2 2003 (I Don’t Know How She Does It…)

         

DeLillo, Don

PS 3554 .E4425

 

Picoult, Jodi

PS 3566 .I372 P58 2000 (Plain Truth)

         

Doctorow, E.L.

PS 3554 .O3

 

Proulx, Annie

PS 3566 .R697

Duncan, David James

PS 3554 .U4634 B7 1992 (The Brothers K)

 

Roth, Philip

PS 3568 .O855

         

Ellison, Ralph

PS 3555 .L625

 

Rushdie, Salman

PR 6068 .U757

Erdrich, Louise

PS 3555 .R42

 

Salinger, J.D.

PS 3537 .A426

Esquivel, Laura

PQ 7298.15 .S638

 

Sittenfeld, Curtis

PS 3619 .I94 P74 2005 (Prep)

         

Foden, Giles

PR 6056 .O27 L37 1999

 

Smiley, Jane

PS 3569 .M39

Ford, Richard

PS 3556 .O713 I53 1996 (Independence Day)

 

Spark, Muriel

PR 6037 .P29

         

Guterson, David

PS3557 .U846

 

Tartt, Donna

PS 3570 .A657

Heller, Joseph

PS 3558 .E43/.E476

 

Toole, John Kennedy

PS 3570 .O54

Hiaasen, Carl

PS 3558 .I217 S53 2000 (Sick Puppy)

 

Tyree, Omar

PS 3570 .Y59 D53 2003 (Diary of a Groupie)

         

Hosseini, Khaled

PS 3608 .O832 K58

 

Vonnegut, Kurt

PS 3572 .O5

Huxley, Aldous

PR 6015 .U9

 

Wallace, David Foster

PS 3573 .A425635 I54 1996 (Infinite Jest)

         

Irving, John

PS 3559 .R8

 

Waters, Sarah

PR 6073 .A828 N54 2006 (The Night Watch)

         

Jelinek, Elfriede

PT 2670 .E46

 

Welsh, Irvine

PR 6073 .E47 T73 2002 (Trainspotting)

         

Kidd, Sue Monk

PS 3611 .I44

 

Whitehead, Colson

PS 3573 .H4768 I58 1999 (The Intuitionist)

         

Kostova, Elizabeth

PS 3611 .O74927 H57 (The Historian)

 

Wolfe, Tom

PS 3573 .O526

         

Lamb, Wally

PS 3562 .A433 S54 1996 (She’s Come Undone)

 

Wolff, Tobias

PS 3573 .O558 O43 2004 (Old School)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WESTERNS

 

 

 

 

Grey, Zane

PS 3513 .R6545

 

L’Amour, Louis

PS 3523 .A446

Brand, Max

PS 3511 .A87

 

Borland, Hal

PS 3503 .O563

Brown, Dee

PS 3503 .R79533

 

Cather, Willa

PS 3505 .A87

Ferber, Edna

PS 3511 .E46

 

Garland, Hamlin

PS 1733 .A42

Guthrie, A.B.

PS 3513 .U8

 

Jakes, John

PS 3560 .A37

London, Jack

PS 3523 .O46

 

McMurtry, Larry

PS 3563 .A319

O’Rourke, Frank

PS 3529 .R69

 

Harte, Bret

PS 1824 .E71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FANTASY

 

 

 

 

Adams, Richard

PR 6051 .D345

 

Anderson, Poul

PS 3551 .N378

Anthony, Piers

PS 3551 .N73

 

Bear, Greg

PS 3552 .E157

Bradbury, Ray

PS 3503 .R167

 

Bradley, Marion Z.

PS 3552 .R228

Brooks, Terry

PS 3552 .R6596

 

Card, Orson Scott

PS 3553 .A655

Dickson, Gordon R.

PS 3554 .I328

 

Donaldson, Stephen R.

PS 3554 .O469

Foster, Alan Dean

PS 3556 .O756

 

Holdstock, Robert

PR 6058 .O442

King, Stephen

PS 3561 .I483

 

Le Guin, Ursula K.

PS 3562 .E42

Leiber, Fritz

PS 3523 .E423

 

Lewis, C.S.

PR 6023 .E926

Lustbader, Eric Van

PS 3562 .U752

 

Martin, George R.R.

PS 3563 .A7239

McCaffrey, Anne

PS 3563 .A255

 

Norton, Andre

PS 3527 .O632

Sargent, Pamela

PS 3569 .A6887

 

Tolkien, J.R.R.

PR 6039 .O32

Whyte, Jack

PR 9199.3 .W4589

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HISTORICAL FICTION

Auel, Jean
(Prehistoric)

PS 3551 .U36

 

Kaye, M.M.
(India)

PR 6061 .A945

         

Barnes, Margaret
(Tudor England)

PR 6003 .A68

 

Lofts, Norah
(England)

PR 6023 .O35

         

Thane, Elswyth
(U.S. history)

PS 3539 .H143

 

McCullough, Colleen
(Rome)

PR 9619.3 .M32

         

Caldwell, Taylor
(Classical, Biblical)

PS 3505 .A364

 

Morrison, Toni
(U.S.)

PS 356 .O8749

         

Chambers, Robert W.
(U.S./Canada)

PS 1284

 

Pargeter, Edith
(England, Wales)

PR 6031 .A49

         

Clavell, James
(Asian)

PS 3553 .L365
PR 6053 .L365

 

Renault, Mary
(Classical Greece)

PR 6035 .E55

         

Cornwell, Bernard
(King Arthur)

PR 6053 .O75

 

Roberts, Kenneth
(North America)

PS 3535 .O176

         

Costain, Thomas
(England, other)

PS 3505 .O818

 

Sabatini, Rafael
(French Revolution)

PR 6037 .A2

         

Dumas, Alexandre
(France)

PQ 2226

 

Schoonover, Lawrence
(French & American Revolutions)

PS 3569 .C527

         

Dunnett, Dorothy
(England)

PR 6054 .U56

 

Scott, Walter
(Scotland)

PR 5317

         

Fast, Howard
(U.S., other)

PS 3511 .A784

 

Seton, Anya
(Med. England, other)

PS 3537 .E787

         

Feuchtwanger, Lion
(Biblical, other)

PT 2611 .E85

 

Sienkiewicz, Henryk
(Rome, other)

PG 7158 .S4

         

Fletcher, Inglis
(Scotland)

PS 3511 .L449

 

Slaughter, Frank
(various)

PS 3537 .L38

         

Forester, C.S.
(British Naval)

PR 6011 .O56

 

Stevenson, Robert Louis
(Scotland)

PR 5484

         

Garrett, George
(England)

PS 3557 .A72

 

Stone, Irving
(Fictional Biog.)

PS 3537 .T669

         

Gedge, Pauline
(Egypt)

PR 9199.3 .G415

 

Undset, Sigrid
(Norway)

PT 8950 .U5

         

Gerson, Noel
(England, U.S.)

PS 3513 .E8679

 

Vidal, Gore
(U.S.)

PS 3543 .I26

         

Graves, Robert
(Classical)

PR 6013 .R35

 

Waltari, Mika
(Classical, Anc. Egypt)

PH 355 .W3

         

Henty, G.A.
(England, Scotland)

PR 4785 .H55

 

Waugh, Evelyn
(World Wars)

PR 6045 .A97

         

Hill, Pamela
(England)

PR 6058 .I446

 

Wellman, Paul
(U.S. West)

PS 3545 .E52859

         

Irwin, Margaret
(Tudor England)

PR 6017 .R84

 

Whyte, Jack
(Roman Britain)

PR 9199.3 .W4589

         

Jakes, John
(U.S.)

PS 3560 .A37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCIENCE FICTION

Adams, Douglas

PR  6051 .D3352

 

Farmer, Philip Jose

PS 3556 .A72

Aldiss, Brian

PR 6051 .L3

 

Heinlein, Robert

PS 3515 .E288

Asimov, Isaac

PS 3551 .S5

 

Herbert, Frank

PS 3558 .E63

Ballard, J.G.

PR 6052 .A46

 

Niven, Larry

PS 3564 .I9

Blish, James

PS 3503 .L64

 

Pohl, Frederik

PS 3566 .O36

Bova, Ben

PS 3552 .O84

 

Silverberg, Robert

PS 3569 .I472

Brunner, John

PR 6052 .R8

 

Spinrad, Norman

PS 3569 .P55

Butler, Octavia

PS 3552 .U827

 

Vance, Jack

PS 3572 .A424

Cherryh, C.J.

PS 3553 .H358

 

Verne, Jules

PQ 2469

Clarke, Arthur C.

PR 6005 .L36

 

Wells, H.G.

PR 5774

Crichton, Michael

PS 3553 .R48

 

Williamson, Jack

PS 3545 .I557

Dick, Philip K.

PS 3554 .I3

 

Zelazny, Roger

PS 3576 .E43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRIME & MYSTERIES

Allingham, Margery

PR 6001 .L78

 

Innes, Michael

PR 6037 .T46

Biggers, Earl

PS 3503 .I54

 

James, P.D.

PR 6060 .A467

Block, Lawrence

PS 3552 .L63

 

Keating, H R F

PR 6061 .E26

Buchan, John

PR 6003 .U13 A6

 

Le Fanu, Joseph S.

PR 4879 .L7

Burnett, W R

PS 3503 .U6258

 

Leonard, Elmore

PS 3572 .E55

Cain, James M.

PS 3505 .A3113

 

Lovesey, Peter

PR 6062 .O96

Chandler, Raymond

PS 3505 .H3224

 

McBain, Ed

PS 3515 .U8513

Chesterton, G.K.

PR 4453 .C4

 

Marsh, Ngaio

PR 9639.3 .M27

Christie, Agatha

PR 5004 .H66

 

Mortimer, John

PR 6025 .O7552

Collins, Wilkie

PR 4454 .M6 & .W6

 

Mosley, Walter

PS 3563 .O88456

Condon, Richard

PS 3553 .O487

 

Peters, Ellis

PR 6031 .A49

Crispin, Edmund

PR 6025 .O46

 

Poe, Edgar Allan

PS 2602 & 2612

Derleth, August

PS 3507 .E69

 

Queen, Ellery

PS 3533 .U4

Doyle, Arthur Conan

PR 4620 – 4624

 

Rendell, Ruth

PR 6068 .E63

Du Maurier, Daphne

PR 6007 .U47

 

Rinehart, Mary Roberts

PS 3535 .I73

Ellroy, James

PS 3585 .L6274

 

Rohmer, Sax

PR 6045 .A37

Estleman, Loren

PS 3555 .S84

 

Sanders, Lawrence

PS 3569 .A5125

Forrest, Katherine

PS 3556 .O737

 

Sapper

PR 6025 .A317

Francis, Dick

PS 6056 .R27

 

Sayers, Dorothy

PR 6037 .A95

Freeling, Nicolas

PR 6056 .R4

 

Simenon, Georges

PQ 2637 .I53

Gabriau, Emile

PQ 2257 .G2

 

Smith, Martin Cruz

PS 3569 .M5377

Gardner, Erle Stanley

PS 3513 .A6322

 

Spillane, Mickey

PS 3537 .P652

Gores, Joe

PS 3557 .O751

 

Stewart, Mary

PR 6037 .T468

Grimes, Martha

PS 3557 .R48998

 

Stout, Rex

PS 3537 .T733

Grisham, John

PS 3557 .R5355

 

Symons, Julian1

PR 6037 .Y5

Haines, Carolyn

PS 3558 .A329

 

Tartt, Donna

PS 3570 .A652

Hammett, Dashiel

PS 3515 .A4347

 

Tey, Josephine

PR 6025 .A2547

Harris, Thomas

PS 3558 .A6558

 

Thomas, Ross

PS 3570 .H58

Highsmith, Patricia

PS 3558 .I366

 

Thompson, Jim

PS 3539 .H6733

Higgins, George V.

PS 3558 .I356

 

Turow, Scott

PS 3570 .U754

Higgins, Jack

PR 6058 .I343

 

Wambaugh, Joseph

PS 3573 .A475

Himes, Chester

PS 3515 .I713

 

Woolrich, Cornell

PS 3515 .O6455

Heyer, Georgette

PR 5015 .E795

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOTHIC & HORROR

Lovecraft, H.P.

PS 3523 .O833

 

Harris, Thomas

PS 3558 .A656

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

PR 5397

 

James, Henry

 

PS  2116 .T8 1966 (The Turn of the Screw)

         

King, Stephen

PS 3561 .I483

 

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

PS 1850 – PS 1881

Poe, Edgar Allan

PS 2600 – PS 2631

 

Straub, Peter

PS 3569 .T6914

Rice, Anne

PS 3568 .I265

 

Radcliffe, Ann

PR 5202

Le Fanu, Joseph

PR 4879 .L7

 

Blackwood, Algernon

PR 6003 .L3

Stoker, Bram

PR 6037 .T617

 

Du Maurier, Daphne

PR 6007 .U47

Collins, Wilkie

PR 4494

 

Kafka, Franz

PT 2621 .A26

Stevenson, Robert Louis

PR 5484

 

Alcott, Louisa May

PS 1016 – PS 1017

         

Jackson, Shirley

PS 3519 .A392

 

Bierce, Ambrose

PS 1097

Seton, Anya

PS 3537 .E787

         

De La Roche, Mazo

PR 6007 .E34

 

Shikibu, Muraski

PL 788.4 .G4 E5 2001
(Tale of Genji)

         

Deveraux, Jude

PS 3554 .E9273

 

Shellabarger, Samuel

PS 3537 .H64

Du Maurier, Daphne

PR 6007 .U47

 

Stewart, Mary

PR 6037 .T468

Fielding, Helen

PR 6056 .I4588 B75 1998 (Bridget Jones Diary)

 

 

 

         

Holt, Victoria

PR 6015 .I3
(Legend of the Seventh Virgin)

 

Winsor, Kathleen

PS 3545 .I7575 F67 1971 (Forever Amber)

         

Leroux, Gaston

PQ 2623 .E6 F213 1988b (Phantom of the Opera)

 

Whitney, Phyllis

PS 3573 .H54 C64 (Columbella)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVENTURE & THRILLERS

Ambler, Eric
(espionage)

PR 6001 .M48

 

Haggard, H. Rider
(classic)

PR 4731

         

Archer, Jeffrey
(espionage)

PR 6051 .R285

 

Higgins, Jack
(military)

PR 6058 .I343

         

Benchley, Peter
(thriller)

PS 3552 .E537

 

Household, Geoffrey
(espionage)

PR 6015 .O7885

         

Buchan, John
(espionage)

PR 6003 .U13

 

Hughes, Richard
(classic)

PR 6015 .U35

         

Burroughs, Edgar Rice (classic)

PS 3503 .U687

 

Kipling, Rudyard
(classic)

PR 4854

         

Chesterton, G.K.
(espionage)

PR 4453 .C4

 

Le Carre, John
(espionage)

PR 6062 .E33

         

Clancy, Tom
(thriller, military)

PS 3553 .L245

 

Levin, Ira
(classic)

PS 3523 .E7993

         

Condon, Richard
(espionage)

PS 3553 .O487

 

London, Jack
(classic)

PS 3523 .O46

         

Conrad, Joseph
(classic)

PR 6005 .O4

 

Ludlum, Robert
(espionage)

PS 3562 .U26

         

Curwood, James Oliver (classic)

PS 3505 .U92

 

MacInnes, Helen
(espionage)

PS 3525 .A24573

         

Cussler, Clive
(action)

PS 3553 .U75

 

Monsarrat, Nicholas
(military)

PR 6025 .O38

         

Deighton, Len
(espionage)

PR 6054 .E37

 

Smith, Wilber
(classic)

PR 9405.9 /
PR 6069 .M58

         

Dumas, Alexandre
(classic)

PQ 2225 / PQ 2226

 

Stevenson, Robert Louis (classic)

PR 5484 / PR 5486

         

Follett, Ken
(espionage)

PR 6056 .O45

 

Verne, Jules
(classic)

PQ 2469

         

Forsyth, Frederick
(espionage)

PR 6056 .O699

 

Wouk, Herman
(military)

PR 3545 .O98

         

Griffin, W.E.B.
(military)

PS 3557 .R489137

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naylor, Gloria

PS 3564 .A895

Ellison, Ralph

PS 3555 .L625

 

Petry, Ann

PS 3531 .E933

Forrest, Leon

PS 3556 .O738

 

Reed, Ishmael

PS 3568 .E365

Gaines, Ernest J.

PS 3557 .A355

 

Rhodes, Jewell Parker

PS 3568 .H63

Grooms, Anthony

PS 3557 .R562

 

Shange, Ntozake

PS 3569 .H3324

Himes, Chester B.

PS 3515 .I713

 

Walker, Alice

PS 3573 .A425

Hunter, Kristin

PS 3558 .U483

 

Walker, Margaret

PS 3545 .A517

Johnson, Charles

PS 3560 .O3735

 

Wideman, John

PS 3573 .I26

Jones, Gayl

PS 3560 .O483

 

Williams, Sherley Anne

PS 3573 .I45546

Jordan, June

PS 3560 .O73

 

Yerby, Frank

PS 3547 .E65

Kenan, Randall

PS 3561 .E4228

 

 

 

 

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