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100 Must-Read Lesser-Known Classics

Here are my criteria: I decided on an arbitrary end date of 1950, in order to focus on earlier books and avoid the troublesome category of "modern classics." (What is a modern classic, anyway? Who knows!) I also tried to pick books that aren't commonly taught in high schools and colleges. Your mileage will vary with this one, obviously. But I wanted this list to be a source of suggestions for expanding your classics reading beyond the usual suspects from school. This list is also very much from a U.S. perspective: in other countries and cultures some of these books may be commonly read and taught. But since I'm familiar with the U.S. educational system, I'm using that as my starting point.
So, here's the list! The books are arranged in chronological order, with the author's nationality and the publication date (in many cases the approximate date) listed.
-Rebecca Hussey
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An Ethiopian Romance
An Ethiopian Romance
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The Recognition of Sakuntala (Kalidasa)
The Recognition of Sakuntala (Kalidasa)
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The Poems of T'ao Ch'ien (T'ao Ch'ien)
The Poems of T'ao Ch'ien (T'ao Ch'ien)
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The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
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The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji
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The Song of Roland
The Song of Roland
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The Essential Rumi
The Essential Rumi
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The Bostan of Saadi
The Bostan of Saadi
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The Tain (Anon)
The Tain (Anon)
10
Essays in Idleness (Yoshida Kenko)
Essays in Idleness (Yoshida Kenko)
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The Cloud of Unknowing
The Cloud of Unknowing
12
The Book of Margery Kempe
The Book of Margery Kempe
13
Lazarillo De Tormes
Lazarillo De Tormes
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The Heptameron
The Heptameron
15
The Blazing World
The Blazing World
16
The Princess of Cleves
The Princess of Cleves
17
Oroonoko
Oroonoko
18
Brief Lives
Brief Lives
19
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
20
Love in Excess
Love in Excess
21
A Journal of the Plague Year
A Journal of the Plague Year
22
Letters of a Peruvian Woman (Francoise De Graffigny)
Letters of a Peruvian Woman (Francoise De Graffigny)
23
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
24
Dream of the Red Chamber
Dream of the Red Chamber
25
The Female Quixote
The Female Quixote
26
Letters of Mistress Henley (Isabelle De Charrieres)
Letters of Mistress Henley (Isabelle De Charrieres)
27
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
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A Simple Story
A Simple Story
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Caleb Williams (William Godwin)
Caleb Williams (William Godwin)
30
A Voyage Around My Room (Xavier De Maistre)
A Voyage Around My Room (Xavier De Maistre)
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Jacques the Fatalist
Jacques the Fatalist
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A Short Residence in Sweden & Memoirs of the Author of "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (Mary Wollstencraft & William Godwin)
A Short Residence in Sweden & Memoirs of the Author of "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (Mary Wollstencraft & William Godwin)
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The Coquette
The Coquette
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Wieland
Wieland
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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
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Hope Leslie
Hope Leslie
37
The Wide, Wide World (Susan Warner)
The Wide, Wide World (Susan Warner)
38
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
39
Ruth Hall (Fanny Fern)
Ruth Hall (Fanny Fern)
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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