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100+ Must Read Novels (Todd's Highly Subjective Recommendations)

Not sure why, but three different people asked me if I had a list of novels they ought to read, so I made this. As the title suggests, it is highly subjective. It is also limited to books I have read, so I'm sure there's a bunch more that will end up on the list, but it's going to take some time. Happy reading! (Note: I took it down for a moment to fix the list image.)
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
1
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
2
Leo Tolstoy
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
3
Thomas Hardy
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
4
Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
5
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
6
Virginia Woolf
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
7
Marcel Proust
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
8
Anne Brontë
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
9
Mary Ann Shaffer
Summer (Edith Wharton)
Summer
10
Edith Wharton
Nada (Carmen Laforet)
Nada
11
Carmen Laforet
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
12
Dodie Smith
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
13
Daphne Du Maurier
Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan)
Trout Fishing in America
14
Richard Brautigan
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
15
Gustave Flaubert
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
16
Ursula K. Le Guin
Leaving the Atocha Station (Ben Lerner)
Leaving the Atocha Station
17
Ben Lerner
The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
18
Thomas Hardy
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
19
Charlotte Brontë
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
20
Italo Calvino
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
21
Ian McEwan
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
22
Aleksandr Pushkin
The Reivers (William Faulkner)
The Reivers
23
William Faulkner
An Unsuitable Attachment (Barbara Pym)
An Unsuitable Attachment
24
Barbara Pym
Excellent Women (Barbara Pym)
Excellent Women
25
Barbara Pym
Justine (Lawrence Durrell)
Justine
26
Lawrence Durrell
Balthazar (Lawrence Durrell)
Balthazar
27
Lawrence Durrell
Mountolive (Lawrence Durrell)
Mountolive
28
Lawrence Durrell
Clea (Lawrence Durrell)
Clea
29
Lawrence Durrell
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
30
Andy Weir
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
31
Henry James
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
The Golden Bowl
32
Henry James
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
33
Sinclair Lewis
Las Leyes De La Frontera (Javier Cercas)
Las Leyes De La Frontera
34
Javier Cercas
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
35
Emily Bronte
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller
36
Henry James
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
37
Cormac McCarthy
The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
The Golden Compass
38
Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife (Phillip Pullman)
The Subtle Knife
39
Phillip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass (Phillip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
40
Phillip Pullman
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