A Patchwork Planet 
Anne Tyler, one of my favorite quirky 90s authors 
											
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
												The Remains of the Day
Kazuo  Ishiguro
											
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
												Things Fall Apart 
Chinua Achebe
											
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
												 Xerxes Invades Greece
Herodotus 
											
					
				 
																			
						
														
					
												Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr.
											
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
												The Zookeeper’s Wife
Ackerman 
											
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
													@Lash,
												The Absentee (Maria Edgeworth)
											
 
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
												Back When We Were Grownups
Anne Tyler
											
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
												Far From the Madding Crowd 
Hardy
											
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
												Harrison Bergeron 
Vonnegut
(I think it’s classified as a short-story, but it’s always found in his ‘novel’ category, so here.  I loved the underlying sentiment.)