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Question: Really good, adult-level books to read!?
By adult-level I mean any book that would typically found in the adult fiction section of a library!. Mysteries, horror, historical fiction, realistic fiction!.!.!. please no sci-fi!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Anything by Doyle!. Arthur Conan, that is!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

All of the following have important historical settings, particularly in America:

-Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
-Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
-The Great Gatsby, by F!. Scott Fitzgerald
-To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
-1984/Animal Farm, by George Orwell
-The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner
-For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest HemingwayWww@QuestionHome@Com

Here's a list of my fave authors, hope one of them works for you!

Dean Koontz
JD Robb / Nora Roberts
Jack Whyte
Bryce Courtenay
Cormac McCarthy
Rudolfo Anaya
Jodi Piccoult
Diana Gabaldon
Phillippa Gregory
Terry Goodkind
George R R Martin
Melanie Rawn
JK Rowling
Richelle Mead
Laurell K!. HamiltonWww@QuestionHome@Com

By Jane Smiley: A Thousand Acres
Good Faith
Horse Heavan

By Jane Hamilton : A Map Of The world
A Short History Of A Prince

By Richard Montanari: The Rosary Girls

By John Irving: The Cider House Rules

By Grace Metalous; Peyton Place

By Pete Hamill: North River

By Tami Hoag: Dark Horse
The Alibi ManWww@QuestionHome@Com

I think that Willa Cather has some of the best books written!. My Antonia is her masterpiece, in my opinion!. A close second is Song of the Lark!. Try these and see if you agree!

Happy Reading!Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Road by Cormac McCarthy,my favorite book I read this year!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the jester by james patterson !.!.darkly dreaming dexter by lindsey!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Linette Bird, it taught me to be thankful and resilientWww@QuestionHome@Com