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50 Famous Classics That Will Make You Well Read

Here is a list of fifty different classics that are probably the most famous classic novels ever written.
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
1
Agatha Christie
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
2
Alexandre Dumas
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
3
Anonymous
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
4
Bram Stoker
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
5
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
6
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
7
Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
8
Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
9
Emily Bronte
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
10
Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
11
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
12
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
13
Franz Kafka
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
14
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
15
Gaston Leroux
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
16
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
17
George Orwell
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
18
H. G. Wells
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
19
Harper Lee
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
20
Herman Melville
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
21
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
22
Homer
Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
23
J. M. Barrie
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
24
J.D. Salinger
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
25
Jack London
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
26
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
27
Jane Austen
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
28
Joseph Conrad
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
29
Joseph Heller
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
30
Jules Verne
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
31
L.M. Montgomery
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
32
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
33
Leo Tolstoy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
34
Lewis Carroll
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
35
Louisa May Alcott
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
36
Mark Twain
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
37
Mary Shelley
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
38
Miguel De Cervantes
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
39
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
40
Oscar Wilde
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