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120 Timeless Books - Page 2

Many of these books already have achieved timeless status by virtue of their influence on later generations of writers and on Western thought in general, e.g. the works of Homer and Plato. Others I have found are frequently referred to in contemporary works. And a handful or two are books that, having read them myself, I feel deserve this special status through the insights they provide and the quality of their writing.
I imposed a limit of two books per author.
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The Time Machine (H. G. Wells)
The Time Machine (H. G. Wells)
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The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
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The Complete Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
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The World I Live in (Helen Keller)
The World I Live in (Helen Keller)
45
Peer Gynt (Henrik Ibsen)
Peer Gynt (Henrik Ibsen)
46
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
47
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad (Homer)
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey (Homer)
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Old Man Goriot (Honoré De Balzacm Trans. Olivia McCannon)
Old Man Goriot (Honoré De Balzacm Trans. Olivia McCannon)
50
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
51
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
52
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
53
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
54
The Double Helix (James D. Watson)
The Double Helix (James D. Watson)
55
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
56
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
57
The Misanthrope (Jean-Baptiste Moliere)
The Misanthrope (Jean-Baptiste Moliere)
58
Sexing the Cherry (Jeanette Winterson)
Sexing the Cherry (Jeanette Winterson)
59
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
60
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
61
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
62
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
63
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner (John Williams)
64
Nausea (John-Paul Sartre)
Nausea (John-Paul Sartre)
65
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
66
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
67
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
68
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
69
The Secret River (Kate Grenville)
The Secret River (Kate Grenville)
70
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
71
Wake in Fright (Kenneth Cook)
Wake in Fright (Kenneth Cook)
72
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
73
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
74
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
75
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
76
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
77
A Hero of Our Time (Mikhail Lermontov, Trans. Natasha Randall)
A Hero of Our Time (Mikhail Lermontov, Trans. Natasha Randall)
78
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
79
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
80
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
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