Olivia Fox Cabane, a mentor member who calls me “the great god of consulting” and consequently receives priority treatment, asked me for a list of my favorite all-time fiction for her to work on. Off the top-of-my-head, here’s what I provided:
The Grapes of Wrath
QB VII
The Great Gatsby
The Last Tycoon
Stranger in A Strange Land
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Rabbit Run
The Prince of Tides
Main Street
Madame Bovary
An American Tragedy
Jude the Obscure
A Tale of Two Cities
Atlas Shrugged
The Godfather
The entire Patrick O’Brian naval series
Amen, especially to Atlas Shrugged.
I would also suggest a short story by Herman Melville entitled, Bartleby, the Scrivener.