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February 2000
Compiled by Susan Henricks
of Southeastern Library Services, Davenport (IA ), from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
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Adamson, Joy Born Free
Adler, Warren Random Hearts
Agee, James A Death in the Family
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women, or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
Alexie, Sherman The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven -- Smoke Signals
Armstrong, William Sounder
Asimov, Isaac and Robert Silverberg The Positronic Man Bicentennial Man
Austen, Jane Emma
Austen, Jane Mansfield Park
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice
Austen, Jan Sense and Sensibility
Auster, Paul The Music of Chance
Baldacci, David Absolute Power
Banks, Lynn Reid The Indian in the Cupboard
Banks, Russell Affliction
Bashevis, Isaac Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy -- Yentl
Behm, Marc Eye of the Beholder
Benchley, Nathaniel The Off Islanders -- The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming
Benet, Stephen Vincent Sobbin' Women (short story in Thirteen O'Clock) -- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Blake, Michael Dances With Wolves
Blatty, William Peter The Exorcist
Boileau, Pierre and Thomas Narcejac The Living and the Dead -- Vertigo
Braithwaite, Edward To Sir, With Love
Bram, Christopher Father of Frankenstein -- Gods and Monsters
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Burgess, Anthony A Clockwork Orange
Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Little Princess
Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Secret Garden
Burnford, Sheila The Incredible Journey
Burns, Olive Ann Cold Sassy Tree
Byatt, A.S. Angels and Insects
Carcaterra, Lorenzo Sleepers
Carter, Forrest Gone to Texas, or the Rebel Outlaw Josey Wales -- The Outlaw Josey Wales
Cather, Willa O Pioneers!
Cervantes, Miguel Saavedra Don Quixote
Chaban, Michael The Wonder Boys
Chandler, Raymond The Big Sleep
Chandler, Raymond The Long Goodbye
Childress, Mark Crazy in Alabama
Clancy, Tom The Hunt for Red October
Clancy, Tom Patriot Games
Collier, James Lincoln and Christopher Collier My Brother Sam is Dead
Condon, Richard Prizzi's Honor
Connell, Evan Mr. Bridge
Connell, Evan Mrs. Bridge
Connelly, Joe Bringing out the Dead
Conroy, Pat The Great Santini
Conroy, Pat Lords of Discipline
Conroy, Pat Prince of Tides
Coonts, Stephen Flight of the Intruder
Coonts, Stephen Under Siege
Cooper, James Fenimore The Last of Mohicans
Corman, Avery Kramer versus Kramer -- Kramer vs. Kramer
Clarke, Arthur C. The Sentinel (short story) -- 2001: A Space Odyssey
Crawford, Christina Mommie Dearest
Crichton, Michael The Andromeda Strain
Crichton, Michael Eaters of the Dead The 13th Warrior
Crichton, Michael Jurassic Park: A Novel Jurassic Park
Crichton, Michael Sphere
Crichton, Michael The Rising Sun
Cronin, A.J. The Keys of the Kingdom
Cussler, Clive Raise the Titanic!
Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Dahl, Roald James and the Giant Peach
Dahl, Roald Matilda
Dart, Iris Rainer Beaches
Deaver, Jeff The Bone Collector
DeMille, Nelson The General's Daughter
Dexter, Pete Paris Trout
Dick, Phillip Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Blade Runner
Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
Dickens, Charles Great Expectations
Dickens, Charles Oliver Twist
Dinesen, Isak Out of Africa
Doctorow, E.L. Billy Bathgate
Doctorow, E.L. Ragtime
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Du Maurier, Daphne Rebecca
Duman, Alexandre Man in the Iron Mask
Dumas, Alexandre The Three Musketeers
Duncan, Lois I Know What You Did Last Summer
Eco, Umberto The Name of the Rose
Ellis, Bret Easton American Psycho
Ellison, Harlan A Boy and His Dog
Ellroy, James L.A. Confidential
Ephron, Delia Hanging Up
Esquivel, Laura Like Water for Chocolate
Evans, Max The Hi-Lo Country
Farrelly, Peter Outside Providence
Fast, Howard Spartacus
Faulkner, William The Hamlet -- The Long Hot Summer
Fearing, Kenneth Big Clock (in Great Stories of Suspense/Ross MacDonald) -- No Way Out
Ferber, Edna Giant
Fielding, Henry The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Finney, Jack Body Snatchers -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Fisher, Carrie Postcards From the Edge
Fitzgerald, F. Scott Babylon Revisited -- The Last Time I Saw Paris
Flagg, Fannie Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe -- Fried Green Tomatoes
Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary
Fleming, Ian Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Follett, Ken The Eye of the Needle
Forster, E.M. Howard End
Forster, E.M. Maurice
Forster, E.M. A Passage to India
Forsyth, Frederick The Day of the Jackal
Fossey, Dian Gorillas in the Mist
Frank, Anne Diary of a Young Girl -- Diary of Anne Frank
Fuentes, Carlos The Old Gringo
Gallico, Paul Thomasina
Gallman, Kuki I Dreamed of Africa
Garland, Alex The Beach
Garrison, Jim On the Trail of Assassins: My Investigations and Prosecution of the Murder of President Kennedy
Gent, Peter North Dallas Forty
George, Peter Two Hours to Doom -- Dr. Stranglove
Gipson, Fred Old Yeller
Godden, Rumer In This House of Brede
Goldman, William The Princess Bride
Goldsmith, Olivia The First Wives Club
Grady, James 6 Days of the Condor -- 3 Days of the Condor
Graves, Robert I, Claudius
Greene, Graham The End of the Affair
Grisham, John The Client
Grisham, John The Firm
Grisham, John Pelican Brief
Grisham, John Rainmaker
Grisham, John A Time to Kill
Groom, Winston Forrest Gump
Guest, Judith Ordinary People
Guterson, David Snow Falling on Cedars
Haley, Alex Autobiography of Malcolm X
Hamilton, Jane A Map of the World
Hammett, Dashiell The Maltese Falcon
Handley, Mark Idioglossia (a play) -- Nell
Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letter
Harr, Jonathan A Civil Action
Harris, Thomas Red Dragon -- Manhunter
Harris, Thomas The Silence of the Lambs
Harrison, Harry Make Room, Make Room -- Soylent Green
Hauser, Thomas The Execution of Charles Horman -- Missing
Hayslip, Le Ly When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey From War to Peace -- When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
Hedges, Peter What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Heller, Joseph Catch-22
Hellman, Lillian Pentimento -- Julia
Herriott, James All Creatures Great and Small
Hickman, Homer Rocket Boys -- October Sky
Highsmith, Patricia The Talented Mr. Ripley
Himes, Chester The Heat's On -- Come Back Charleston Blue
Hinton, S.E. Tex
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
Hoffman, Alice Practical Magic
Hopkins, Samuel Night Bus (short story) -- It Happened One Night
Hornby, Nick High Fidelity
Hubbard, L. Ron The Battlefield Earth
Hughes, Ted Iron Giant
Hugo, Victor The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Humphreys, Josephine Rich in Love
Huth, Angela The Land Girls
Irving, John Cider House Rules
Irving, John The World According to Garp: A Novel -- The World According to Garp
Irving, Washington The Legend of Sleepy Hollow -- Sleepy Hollow
Ishiguro, Kazuo The Remains of the Day
Jackson, Shirley Haunting of Hill House -- The Haunting
James, Henry The Bostonians
James, Henry Turn of the Screw -- The Innocents
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Heat and Dust
Jones, James From Here to Eternity
Jones, James The Thin Red Line
Johnson, Louanne My Posse Don't Do Homework -- Dangerous Minds
Joyce, James The Dead
Junger, Sebastian The Perfect Storm
Kahn, James Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Katzenbaugh, John In the Heat of the Summer -- The Mean Season
Kaye, M.M. The Far Pavilions
Kaysen, Susan Girl, Interrupted
Kazantzakis, Nikos The Last Temptation of Christ
Keneally, Thomas Schindler's List
Kennedy, William Ironweed: A Novel -- Ironweed
Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon Charley
Kienzle, William The Rosary Murders
King, Stephen Carrie
King, Stephen The Green Mile
King, Stephen The Lawnmower Man (short story in Night Shift)
King, Stephen Misery
King, Stephen Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (in Different Seasons) -- The Shawshank Redemption
King, Stephen Pet Sematary
King, Stephen Stand By Me (from The Body in Different Seasons)
King, Stephen The Tommyknockers
Kinsella, W.P. Shoeless Joe -- Field of Dreams
Kipling, Rudyard The Jungle Book
Klavan, Andrew True Crime
Kneble, Fletcher Seven Days in May
Klempner, John Letter to Five Wives -- Letter to Three Wives
Kosinski, Jerzy Being There
L'Amour, Louis Hondo
L'Amour, Louis Jubal Sackett
de Laclos, Choderlos Les Liaison Dangereuses -- Dangerous Liaisons
Landon, Margaret Ann and the King of Siam -- Anna and the King
Landon, Margaret Anna and the King of Siam -- The King and I
Lang, Daniel Casualties of War
Lapierre, Dominique The City of Joy
Lawrence, T. E. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom -- Lawrence of Arabia
LeCarre, John The Little Drummer Girl
LeCarre, John The Russia House
LeCarre, John The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
Leimbach, Marti Dying Young
Levin, Ira The Boys From Brazil
Levin, Ira Silver: A Novel
Lewis, Sinclair Elmer Gantry
Lindberg, Charles We The Spirit of St. Louis
Llewellyn, Richard How Green Was My Valley
London, Jack Call of the Wild
London, Jack White Fang
Lovell, Jim Lost Moon -- Apollo 13
Maas, Peter Serpico
MacDonald, John D. The Executioners -- Cape Fear
MacGregor, Rob Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Maclean, Alistair Guns of Navarone
Maclean, Norman A River Runs Through It and Other Stories -- A River Runs Through It
Mahmoody, Betty Not Without My Daughter
Mailer, Norman The Naked and the Dead
Mallory, Thomas, Sir Morte d'Arthur -- Excalibur
Marrs, Jim Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy
Marshall, Catherine Christy
Matheson, Richard Bid Time Return -- Somewhere in Time
Matheson, Richard What Dreams May Come
Matthiessen, Peter At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Mayberry-Lewis, David Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World
McCauley, Stephen Object of my Affection
McCarthy, Cormac All the Pretty Horses
McCourt, Frank Angela's Ashes
McCullough, Colleen The Thorn Birds
McMurtry, Larry Horseman, Pass By -- Hud
McMurtry, Larry The Last Picture Show
McMurtry, Larry Lonesome Dove
McMurtry, Larry Terms of Endearment
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables
Metalious, Grace Peyton Place
Michener, James Hawaii
Mitchell, Margaret Gone With the Wind
Morris, Willie My Dog Skip
Mowat, Farley Never Cry Wolf
Nathanson, E.M. The Dirty Dozen
Nicholson, William Shadowlands
O'Carroll, Brendan The Mammy Agnes Brown
Orr, Mary The Wisdom of Eve -- All About Eve
Otto, Whitney How to Make an American Quilt
Palahniuk, Chuck The Fight Club
Pasternak, Boris Dr. Zhivago
Patterson, James Kiss the Girls
Phagan, Mary The Murder of Little Mary Phagan
Philbrick, Rodman Freak the Mighty -- The Mighty
Pileggi, Nicholas Casino
Pileggi, Nicholas Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family
Powell, Anthony The Fisher King: A Novel
Prose, Francine Household Saints
Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse -- Onegin
Puzo, Mario The Godfather
Puzo, Mario The Sicilian: A Novel
Rabe, David Hurlyburly
Read, Paul Piers Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Reverte-Perez, Arturo The Club Dumas
Remarque, Erich Maria All Quiet on the Western Front
Rice, Anne Interview With the Vampire
Robbins, Tom Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Rodgers, Mary Freaky Friday
Rossner, Judith Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Roth, Philip Portney's Complaint
Runyon, Damon The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown -- Guys and Dolls
Sagan, Carl Contact
Saint, Harry F. Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Sanders, Lawrence The First Deadly Sin
Sayers, Gale I am Third Brian's Song
Schanberg, Sydney Death and Life of Dith Pran -- The Killing Fields
Schine, Cathleen The Love Letter
Scortia, Thomas The Glass Inferno -- The Towering Inferno
Scott, Paul The Jewel in the Crown: A Novel
Scott, Sir Walter Ivanhoe
Segal, Erich Love Story
Shaara, Michael For Love of the Game
Shaara, Michael The Killer Angels -- Gettysburg
Shakespeare, William Hamlet
Shakespeare, William Henry V
Shakespeare, William Macbeth
Shakespeare, William A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare, William Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare, William Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare, William The Taming of the Shrew -- Ten Things I Hate About You
Shelley, Mary Frankenstein
Shulman, Irving Children of the Dark -- A Rebel Without a Cause
Shute, Nevil A Town Called Alice
Shute, Nevil On the Beach
Simpson, Mona Anywhere But Here
Smiley, Jane A Thousand Acres
Smith, Martin Cruz Gorky Park
Smith, Scott A Simple Plan
Sparks, Nicholas Message in a Bottle
Spencer, Scott Endless Love
Spencer, Scott Waking the Dead
Steinbeck, John East of Eden
Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath
Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men
Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped
Stoker, Bram Bram Stoker's Dracula Omnibus
Strindberg, August Miss Julie and Other Plays -- Miss Julie
Styron, William Sophie's Choice
Sweeney, Julia God said, "Ha!"
Tan, Amy The Joy Luck Club
Thomas, Craig Firefox
Thorp, Roderick Nothing Lasts Forever -- Die Hard
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit
Tolstoy, Leo War and Peace
Torres, Edwin Carlito's Way
Trahey, Jane Life with Mother Superior -- The Trouble with Angels
Travers, P.L. Mary Poppins
Trevor, William Felicia's Journey
Turow, Scott Presumed Innocent
Twain, Mark A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Tyler, Anne The Accidental Tourist
Updike, John The Witches of Eastwick
Uris, Leon Exodus
Vanderpost, Laurens The Seed and the Sower -- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Van Doren, Philip The Greatest Gift (short story) -- It's a Wonderful Life
Van Druten, John I am a Camera (adapted from the Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood ) -- Cabaret
von Arnim, Elizabeth The Enchanted April
Von Trapp, Maria The Story of the Trapp Family Singers -- The Sound of Music
Walker, Alice The Color Purple
Waller, Robert James The Bridges of Madison County
Wambaugh, Joseph The Black Marble
Webb, Charles The Graduate
Wharton, Edith The Age of Innocence
White, E.B. Stuart Little
White, T.H. The Once and Future King
Wilde, Oscar An Ideal Husband
Wing, Avra Angie, I Says: A Novel
Wolfe, Tom The Bonfire of the Vanities
Wolff, Tobias This Boy's Life
Wouk, Herman The Caine Mutiny
Wyndham, John The Midwich Cuckoos -- The Village of the Damned
Yolen, Jane Devil's Arithmetic
Zuma, Bob Andy Kaufman Revealed: Best Friend Tells All -- Man on the Moon
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