Re: Help an English lit noob out - need some good fiction
Catch-22 is a great suggestion. Very readable, very funny, very good. Catcher in the Rye is another excellent choice. I think Confederacy of Dunces is very overrated, but you might enjoy it anyway.
Some other choices I haven't seen mentioned yet:
Great Expectations (personally, I've found I like Dickens a lot)
Lolita
The Great Gatsby
All of these are, in my opinion, pretty solidly enjoyable "classics."
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