Novels you might like

As you may know, I teach English at a community college. This coming fall I will be introducing one class to literature (short stories, poetry, drama, and the novel). I created a list of novels for students to read from. The list represents books I think would make for a good read. The genres cover war, humor, Biblical history, science fiction, minority issues, and everyday life. There might be one there you haven't read. Check out Amazon or some other site that can provide info about the book if you'd like to follow up on this.

Lynn Austin--Gods and Kings
Greg Bear--The Forge of God
Elizabeth Berg--The Handmaid and the Carpenter
Lothar-Gunther Buchheim--The Boat
Olive Ann Burns--Cold Sassy Tree
Octavia Butler--Kindred; Parable of the Sower
Orson Scott Card--Ender’s Game
Sandra Cisneros--Caramelo
Michael Crichton--The Andromeda Strain; Eaters of the Dead
Anita Diamant--The Red Tent
Philip K. Dick--Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
India Edghill--Wisdom’s Daughter
Eva Etzioni-Halevy--The Triumph of Deborah
William Gibson--Neuromancer; Count Zero
Margaret George--Mary, Called Magdalen
Gail Godwin--Evensong
Tony Hillerman--The Blessing Way
Marjorie Holmes--Two From Galilee
Susan Howatch--Glamorous Powers
Charles Johnson--Middle Passage
Maxine Hong Kingston--The Woman Warrior
Rebecca Kohn--The Gilded Chamber
John LeCarre--Our Game
Ursula K. LeGuin--The Lathe of Heaven; The Left Hand of Darkness; A Wizard of Earthsea
Bobbie Ann Mason--In Country
Cormac McCarthy--All the Pretty Horses
James Michener--The Source
Nicholas Monsarrat--The Cruel Sea
Patrick O’Brian--Master and Commander
Tillie Olson--Yonnondio
Steven Pressfield--Gates of Fire; Tides of War
Brenda Ray--The Midwife’s Song
Anne Rice--Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana
Francine Rivers--Redeeming Love
Derek Robinson--Goshawk Squadron; Piece of Cake
Kim Stanley Robinson--Red Mars
Jeff Shaara--The Rising Tide; To the Last Man
Michael Shaara--Killer Angels
Anne Tyler--The Accidental Tourist; Saint Maybe
Gore Vidal--Lincoln
Connie Willis--The Doomsday Book
Tom Wolfe--The Bonfire of the Vanities