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100 Must-Read Classic Books

100 must-read classic books, as chosen by our readers (2021).
"They broke boundaries and challenged conceptions. We asked you for your must-read classics; from iconic bestsellers to lesser-known gems, these are your essential recommends." -penguin
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
12
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
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The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
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Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
15
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
17
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
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The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
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Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
20
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
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The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
22
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
25
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
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Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
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The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
34
Age of Innocence (Wharton, Edith)
Age of Innocence (Wharton, Edith)
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
36
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
37
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad (Homer)
39
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
40
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
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