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100 Classics Challenge

I've read all these. How many have you read? I started reading classics in 1975 with just a few and then really kicked in gear after graduating from college in 1993. We called ourselves "the academy" patterned after the French Academy. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. There are no plays or poems listed. with maybe a few epic and long narrative poems.
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David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
1
Charles Dickens
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
2
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Bette
3
Honoré De Balzac
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
4
Victor Hugo
All the Kings Men
All the Kings Men
5
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
6
Miguel De Cervantes
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
7
John Kennedy Toole
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
8
Richard Wright
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
9
William Faulkner
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
10
George Eliot
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
11
Homer
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
12
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
13
Charles Dickens
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
14
Homer
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
15
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
16
Alice Walker
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
17
Jane Austen
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
18
Joseph Conrad
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
19
Emily Brontë
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
20
Sir Walter Scott
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
21
Mary Shelley
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
22
Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
23
Jonathan Swift
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
24
H.G. Wells
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
25
Joseph Heller
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
26
George Eliot
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
27
Thomas Mann
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
28
Albert Camus
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
29
Franz Kafka
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
30
Toni Morrison
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
31
Willa Cather
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
32
Ernest Hemingway
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
33
Joyce
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
34
Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
35
Zora Neale Hurston
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
36
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
37
Ernest Hemingway
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
38
Erich Maria Remarque
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
39
Hermann Hesse
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
40
Upton Sinclair
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