{"id":18384,"date":"2022-01-08T10:51:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T15:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=18384"},"modified":"2022-10-21T22:18:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T02:18:02","slug":"fiction-books-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/fiction-books-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiction books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/fiction-books-3\/\">this<\/a> list.<\/p>\n<p>Best of the best<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pride and Prejudice<\/strong> by Jane Austen<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Da Vinci Code<\/strong> by Dan Brown<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gai-jin<\/strong> by James Clavell<\/li>\n<li><strong>Noble House<\/strong> by James Clavell<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shogun<\/strong> by James Clavell<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tai-pan<\/strong> by James Clavell<\/li>\n<li><strong>Whirlwind<\/strong> by James Clavell<\/li>\n<li><strong>Generation X<\/strong> by Douglas Coupland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aztec<\/strong> by Gary Jennings<\/li>\n<li><strong>Too Many Blackbirds<\/strong> by Ken Ledbetter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Life of Pi<\/strong> by Yann Martel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/the-forgotten-garden\/\"><strong>The Forgotten Garden<\/strong><\/a> by Kate Morton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/the-lake-house-2\/\"><strong>The Lake House<\/strong><\/a> by Kate Morton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/the-secret-keeper\/\"><strong>The Secret Keeper<\/strong><\/a> by Kate Morton<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ishmael<\/strong> by Daniel Quinn<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Story of B<\/strong> by Daniel Quinn<\/li>\n<li><strong>My Ishmael<\/strong> by Daniel Quinn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presumed Innocent<\/strong> by Scott Turow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Runner ups<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Angels and Demons<\/strong> by Dan Brown<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Rule of Four<\/strong> by Ian Caldwell &amp; Dustin Thomason<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/the-clocks\/\"><strong>The Clocks<\/strong><\/a> by Agatha Christie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/generation-a\/\"><strong>Generation A<\/strong><\/a> by Douglas Coupland<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/the-gum-thief\/\"><strong>The Gum Thief<\/strong><\/a> by Douglas Coupland<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/shampoo-planet\/\"><strong>Shampoo Planet<\/strong><\/a> by Douglas Coupland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Specters<\/strong> by J. 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Dillard<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peacetalk 101<\/strong> by Suzette Haden Elgin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Casino Royale<\/strong> by Ian Fleming<\/li>\n<li><strong>Licence Renewed<\/strong> by John Gardner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/the-beekeepers-pupil\/\"><strong>The Beekeeper&#8217;s Pupil<\/strong><\/a> by Sara George<\/li>\n<li><strong>Still Alice<\/strong> by Lisa Genova<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/ape-house\/\"><strong>Ape House<\/strong><\/a> by Sara Gruen<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/codex\/\">Codex<\/a> <\/strong>by Lev Grossman<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diary of a Wimpy Kid<\/strong> by Jeff Kinney<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/the-distant-hours\/\"><strong>The Distant Hours<\/strong><\/a> by Kate Morton<\/li>\n<li><strong>James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007<\/strong> by James Pearson<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Holy<\/strong> by Daniel Quinn<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/shaman\/\">Shaman<\/a> <\/strong>by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Catcher in the Rye<\/strong> by J. D. Salinger<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Big U<\/strong> by Neal Stephenson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/the-storied-life-of-a-j-fikry\/\"><strong>The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry<\/strong><\/a> by Gabrielle Zevin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honourable mentions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Track of the Cat<\/strong> by Nevada Barr<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deception Point<\/strong> by Dan Brown<\/li>\n<li><strong>Night Train to Memphis<\/strong> by Elizabeth Peters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update to this list. Best of the best Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Gai-jin by James Clavell Noble House by James Clavell Shogun by James Clavell Tai-pan by James Clavell Whirlwind by James Clavell Generation X by Douglas Coupland Aztec by Gary Jennings Too Many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[7,36,42,28],"class_list":["post-18384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-book","tag-fiction","tag-lists","tag-novels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18384"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18390,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18384\/revisions\/18390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}