These are books that have stuck in my memory for almost forty years. Some have had the luck to be reprinted. Some will be grubby last copies at the library, and a few will be found only through interlibrary loan. They are all worth seeking. Will you remember them in 2042?
Spoon River Anthology
by Masters, Edgar Lee
The Far Traveller
Brief Candles
Come and Go: A Ghostly Comedy
Happy Returns: A Ghostly Comedy
by Coles, Manning
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris and other titles in series
by Gallico, Paul
Lady L
by Gary, Romain
Greengage Summer
by Rumer, Godden
The Go-Between
The Hireling
by Hartley, L. P.
Sylvestor or the Wicked Uncle
The Grand Sophy
by Heyer, Georgette
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
by McCullers, Carson
Anyone Got a Match?
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Rally Round the Flag Boys
by Shulman, Max
Rhubarb
by Smith, H. Allen
Cat's Cradle
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; or Pearls Before Swine
Sirens of Titan and early titles
by Vonnegut, Kurt
The Ponder Heart
by Welty, Eudora
Hornblower and the Atropos and the Horatio Hornblower series (Napoleonic era)
by Forester, C. S.
The Town House (middle ages)
The House at Old Vine
The House at Sunset
by Lofts, Norah Robinson
The Egyptian (ancient world)
The Etruscan
The Roman
The Wanderer
by Waltari, Mika
The Man Miss Susie Loved (Civil War era)
by Tucker, Augusta
The Snow Goose (World War II)
by Gallero, Paul
Run Silent, Run Deep (World War II)
by Beach, Edward Latimer
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
by Lawson, Ted
They were Expendable
by White, Willian
Those Devils in Baggy Pants
by Carter, Ross S.
Chucklebait Funny Stories for Everyone
More Chucklebait
by Scoggin, Margaret
Life in a Putty Knife Factory and other titles
by Smith, H. Allen
The Thurber Carnival and other titles
by Thurber, James
Right Ho, Jeeves and other titles
by Wodehouse, P. G.