Shannon's "Contemporary (Mostly) Speculative Fiction: My Favorite Reads"

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These are my favorite works by my favorite authors writing now or in the last few decades (since 1975). These works span a lot of genres: science fiction, fantasy, horror, suspense-thriller, literary fiction, mainstream fiction. They all share a profound ability to look at the world in a different way, to speculate on alternatives and possibilities, to be willing to examine the underside of human nature. They all write books that I can’t put down, that I want to read again, that impacted the way I think about life and my fellow humans.

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    The More Than Complete Hitchhikers Guide
    by Douglas Adams

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    The Children's Hospital
    by Chris Adrian

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  3. 3.
    The Blind Assassin: A Novel
    by Margaret Atwood

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    Cat's Eye
    by Margaret Atwood

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    The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
    by Margaret Atwood

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    Oryx and Crake
    by Margaret Atwood

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    Earth
    by David Brin

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    Lilith's Brood
    by Octavia E. Butler

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    Parable of the Sower
    by Octavia E. Butler

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    Parable of the Talents
    by Octavia E. Butler

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  11. 11.
    Seed to Harvest
    by Octavia E. Butler

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  12. 12.
    Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1)
    by Orson Scott Card

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  13. 13.
    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay : A Novel
    by MICHAEL CHABON

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  14. 14.
    Wonder Boys
    by Michael Chabon

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  15. 15.
    The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel
    by Michael Chabon

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  16. 16.
    Brighten the Corner Where You Are: A Novel
    by Fred Chappell

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  17. 17.
    The Hours
    by Michael Cunningham

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  18. 18.
    Specimen Days: A Novel
    by Michael Cunningham

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  19. 19.
    Boy in the Water
    by Stephen Dobyns

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  20. 20.
    The Church of Dead Girls
    by Stephen Dobyns

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  21. 21.
    American Gods
    by Neil Gaiman

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  22. 22.
    Anansi Boys
    by Neil Gaiman

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  23. 23.
    Sandman The Doll's House TPB 1st Print Edition
    by Neil Gaiman

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  24. 24.
    Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (P.S.)
    by Neil Gaiman

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  25. 25.
    Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
    by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

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  26. 26.
    The Graveyard Book
    by Neil Gaiman

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  27. 27.
    Red Dragon
    by Thomas Harris

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    The Silence of the Lambs
    by Thomas Harris

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  29. 29.
    Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel
    by Joe Hill

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  30. 30.
    The Unit
    by Ninni Holmqvist

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    An Artist of the Floating World
    by Kazuo Ishiguro

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  32. 32.
    Never Let Me Go
    by Kazuo Ishiguro

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  33. 33.
    The Remains of the Day
    by Kazuo Ishiguro

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  34. 34.
    When We Were Orphans: A Novel
    by Kazuo Ishiguro

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  35. 35.
    The Debt to Pleasure: A Novel
    by John Lanchester

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  36. 36.
    Mr. Phillips
    by John Lanchester

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  37. 37.
    Always Coming Home (California Fiction)
    by Ursula K. Le Guin

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  38. 38.
    Mystic River
    by Dennis Lehane

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  39. 39.
    Shutter Island
    by Dennis Lehane

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  40. 40.
    Life of Pi
    by Yann Martel

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    Blood Meridian (Picador Books)
    by Cormac McCarthy

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    No Country for Old Men (MTI) (Vintage International)
    by Cormac Mccarthy

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    The Road (rough cut)
    by Cormac Mccarthy

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  44. 44.
    Cloud Atlas: A Novel
    by David Mitchell

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  45. 45.
    Coyote Blue: A Novel
    by Christopher Moore

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  46. 46.
    A Dirty Job: A Novel
    by Christopher Moore

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  47. 47.
    Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
    by Christopher(Author) Moore

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  48. 48.
    Island of the Sequined Love Nun
    by Christopher Moore

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  49. 49.
    Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
    by Christopher Moore

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  50. 50.
    Practical Demonkeeping
    by Christopher Moore

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