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40 Classics to Be Read

Building on my list of 40 classics I have read, here are 40 I would like to. Defining exactly which books are classics and which aren't is difficult, so I've used my own judgment. Feel free to help me pick my next one by voting, so I know which more people feel are worth the time.
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Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
James Baldwin
2
The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Stories (Oscar Wilde)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Stories
Oscar Wilde
3
The Black Unicorn (Audre Lorde)
The Black Unicorn
Audre Lorde
4
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
5
Christopher and His Kind (Christopher Isherwood)
Christopher and His Kind
Christopher Isherwood
6
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
7
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
8
Confusion (Stefan Zweig)
Confusion
Stefan Zweig
9
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
10
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen
11
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
12
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
13
Flush (Virginia Woolf)
Flush
Virginia Woolf
14
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin
15
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
16
The Hearing Trumpet (Leonora Carrington)
The Hearing Trumpet
Leonora Carrington
17
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
18
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
Anne Rice
19
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
20
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
Octavia E. Butler
21
The Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien
22
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
23
The Midwich Cuckoos (John Wyndham)
The Midwich Cuckoos
John Wyndham
24
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
25
Olivia (Dorothy Strachey)
Olivia
Dorothy Strachey
26
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
Virginia Woolf
27
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
Albert Camus
28
The Price of Salt (Patricia Highsmith)
The Price of Salt
Patricia Highsmith
29
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier
30
Rubyfruit Jungle (Rita Mae Brown)
Rubyfruit Jungle
Rita Mae Brown
31
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
Yukio Mishima
32
The Swimming Pool Library (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Swimming Pool Library
Alan Hollinghurst
33
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
34
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
35
Two Virgins in the Attic (Nobuko Yoshiya)
Two Virgins in the Attic
Nobuko Yoshiya
36
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
Virginia Woolf
37
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
38
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
39
The Years (Virginia Woolf)
The Years
Virginia Woolf
40
Zami (Audre Lorde)
Zami
Audre Lorde
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