Works of fiction, and personal favorites at that, naturally vary from person to person. Facebook recently offered a challenge of 10 days of favorite films and then 10 days of music albums. I took up the challenge and nominated others. Not many friends took up the challenge which was a disappointment. So, since this is my blog, and I’ve always been an avid reader, I had the idea of creating my own one day list of personal favorite works of fiction, followed soon by a list of personal favorite works of non-fiction.

As the author of Lee Marvin Point Blank, I can tell you that non-fiction is a much more preferred genre. So, coming up with this list of fiction was no easy task. I added no comments to each title other than just the book cover image itself. I certainly could give details and anecdotes to each one but I think it best to simply let the titles speaks for themselves.

   Anyway, the only prerequisite I made for myself is that it has to be something I’ve read more than once for my own enjoyment and consequently has stood the test of time. Since I still own most of these titles, the scans below are almost all from my own often read personal collection. So, without further ado, my list, in order of preference….
– Dwayne Epstein

10. THE DIRTY DOZEN by E.M. Nathanson.

9. SHEILA LEVINE IS DEAD AND LIVING IN NEW YORK by Gail Parent.

8. THE WATCHMEN by Alan Moore (writer) & Dave Gibbons (artist).

7. THE COMEDY OF NEIL SIMON (collected plays & essay).

6. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

5. GREAT SHORT WORKS OF JACK LONDON

4. THE WANDERERS by Richard Price.

3. DOG SOLDIERS by Robert Stone

2. GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW (issues #76-89) by Denny O’Neill (writer) & Neal Adams (artist).

1. JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN by Dalton Trumbo.