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Books That Ought to Be on More Lists

Mostly fiction, with some popular non-fiction hits thrown in for good measure. Some great books conspicuously absent from a lot of long lists of good books.
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Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
1
W. Somerset Maugham
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
2
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
3
Edith Wharton
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff
4
Tom Wolfe
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
5
Marcus Aurelius
The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)
The Caine Mutiny
6
Herman Wouk
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer
7
James Fenimore Cooper
A Sentimental Journey (Laurence Sterne)
A Sentimental Journey
8
Laurence Sterne
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
9
Nikolai Gogol
Typee (Herman Melville)
Typee
10
Herman Melville
Pensees (Blaise Pascal)
Pensees
11
Blaise Pascal
The Pioneers (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Pioneers
12
James Fenimore Cooper
The Power Broker
The Power Broker
13
Pierre and Jean
Pierre and Jean
14
Giants in the Earth (Ole Edvart Rølvaag)
Giants in the Earth
15
Ole Edvart Rølvaag
Confessions of Zeno
Confessions of Zeno
16
The Johnstown Flood (David McCullough)
The Johnstown Flood
17
David McCullough
Two Years Before the Mast (Richard Henry Dana)
Two Years Before the Mast
18
Richard Henry Dana
Red and Black (Stendhal)
Red and Black
19
Stendhal
The Marble Faun
The Marble Faun
20
The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden
21
The Little World of Don Camillo
The Little World of Don Camillo
22
Italian Journey (J.W. Goethe)
Italian Journey
23
J.W. Goethe
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Robert Putnam)
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
24
Robert Putnam
Money (Emile Zola)
Money
25
Emile Zola
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work (Matthew B. Crawford)
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
26
Matthew B. Crawford
Germinal (Emile Zola)
Germinal
27
Emile Zola
Jarhead (Anthony Swofford)
Jarhead
28
Anthony Swofford
Parnassus on Wheels (Christopher Morley)
Parnassus on Wheels
29
Christopher Morley
Billiards at Half- Past Nine (Heinrich Böll)
Billiards at Half- Past Nine
30
Heinrich Böll
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
31
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
USA (Jon Dos Passos)
USA
32
Jon Dos Passos
The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1918)
33
Booth Tarkington
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