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100 Must-Read Lesser-Known Classics - Page 2

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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Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
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The Story of Avis (Elizabeth Stuart Phelps)
The Story of Avis (Elizabeth Stuart Phelps)
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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Isabella L. Bird)
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Isabella L. Bird)
44
Travels With a Donkey
Travels With a Donkey
45
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas (Machado De Assis)
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas (Machado De Assis)
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Hester (Margaret Oliphant)
Hester (Margaret Oliphant)
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The Story of an African Farm (Olive Schreiner)
The Story of an African Farm (Olive Schreiner)
48
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
49
Effi Briest
Effi Briest
50
Trilby (George Du Maurier)
Trilby (George Du Maurier)
51
Elizabeth and Her German Garden (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
Elizabeth and Her German Garden (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
52
The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales (Charles Chesnutt)
The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales (Charles Chesnutt)
53
I Await the Devil's Coming
I Await the Devil's Coming
54
The Man Who Was Thursday
The Man Who Was Thursday
55
Jakob Von Gunten (Robert Walser)
Jakob Von Gunten (Robert Walser)
56
Kokoro
Kokoro
57
Herland
Herland
58
Tender Buttons (Gertrude Stein)
Tender Buttons (Gertrude Stein)
59
The Home and the World (Rabindranath Tagore)
The Home and the World (Rabindranath Tagore)
60
Diary of a Madman
Diary of a Madman
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The Return of the Soldier
The Return of the Soldier
62
Demian
Demian
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The Sheik (Edith Maude Hull)
The Sheik (Edith Maude Hull)
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Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter
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Cane
Cane
66
Zeno's Conscience
Zeno's Conscience
67
The Home-Maker (Dorothy Canfield Fisher)
The Home-Maker (Dorothy Canfield Fisher)
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There Is Confusion (Jessie Redmon Fauset)
There Is Confusion (Jessie Redmon Fauset)
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Bread Givers (Anzia Yezierska)
Bread Givers (Anzia Yezierska)
70
Chaka the Zulu
Chaka the Zulu
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Lolly Willowes
Lolly Willowes
72
Home to Harlem
Home to Harlem
73
Quicksand
Quicksand
74
Dona Barbara (Romulo Gallegos)
Dona Barbara (Romulo Gallegos)
75
A High Wind in Jamaica
A High Wind in Jamaica
76
Dance Night (Dawn Powell)
Dance Night (Dawn Powell)
77
A Note in Music (Rosamond Lehmann)
A Note in Music (Rosamond Lehmann)
78
Devil'S Cub (Georgette Heyer)
Devil'S Cub (Georgette Heyer)
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Frost in May
Frost in May
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Testament of Youth (Vera Brittain)
Testament of Youth (Vera Brittain)
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