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A Compendium of Classic Books to Read - Page 2

A comprehensive list of classic books spanning a long time frame to read in a lifetime. From children's classics up through adult.
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Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
41
Thomas Hardy
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
42
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1,2 by Henry James
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1,2 by Henry James
43
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
44
Herman Melville
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
45
Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
46
Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
47
Edith Wharton
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
48
Henry David Thoreau
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
49
Louisa May Alcott
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
50
Kenneth Grahame
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
51
C.S. Lewis
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
52
Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
53
Virginia Woolf
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
54
Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
55
Virginia Woolf
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
56
Virginia Woolf
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
57
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
58
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
59
Aldous Huxley
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
60
Joseph Heller
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
61
Ray Bradbury
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
62
Thomas Hardy
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
63
Voltaire
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
64
Ford Madox Ford
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
65
Joseph Conrad
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
66
Rudyard Kipling
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
67
Chinua Achebe
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
68
Margaret Atwood
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
69
James Baldwin
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
70
Willa Cather
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
71
Albert Camus
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
72
Kazuo Ishiguro
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
73
William Faulkner
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
74
Louise Erdrich
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
75
Ralph Ellison
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
76
D.H. Lawrence
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
77
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
78
Harper Lee
The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
The Golden Compass
79
Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
80
J.K. Rowling
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