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12 Novels That Are Considered the "Greatest Books Ever Written" According to Brittanica

Literary critics, historians, avid readers, and even casual readers will all have different opinions on which novel is truly the "greatest book ever written." Is it a novel with beautiful, captivating figurative language? Or one with gritty realism? A novel that has had an immense social impact? Or one that has more subtly affected the world? Here is a list of 12 novels that, for various reasons, have been considered some of the greatest works of literature ever written.
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
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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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A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
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Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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