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Classics James Wants to Read Now That He's Retired and Has the Time

Here are 40 classics and modern classics that I've always wanted to read but never quite got around to. Now that I'm retired, I want to make a dent in this list in the coming year (2024). I've read other works by most of these authors, but I feel that I really should read these.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow
2
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
3
Charles Dickens
The Brothers Karmazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karmazov
4
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
5
Miller
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
6
Franz Kafka
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
7
Joseph Heller
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
8
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Far From the Madding Crowd (Hardy, Thomas)
Far From the Madding Crowd
9
Hardy, Thomas
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
10
Ernest Hemingway
The First Men in the Moon (H.G. Wells)
The First Men in the Moon
11
H.G. Wells
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
12
The Glass Key (Hammett)
The Glass Key
13
Hammett
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
14
John Steinbeck
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
15
Greene
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
16
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
17
Anna Kavan
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Penguin Classics)
The Island of Doctor Moreau
18
Penguin Classics
Islands in the Stream (Hemingway)
Islands in the Stream
19
Hemingway
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
20
Thomas Hardy
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
21
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
22
Joseph Conrad
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Master of Ballantrae
23
Robert Louis Stevenson
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
24
Jane Austen
Nostromo (Conrad - Penguin Classics))
Nostromo
25
Conrad - Penguin Classics)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
26
Joyce
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories
27
Stephen Crane
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
28
Cormac McCarthy
The Road Back (Erich Maria Remarque)
The Road Back
29
Erich Maria Remarque
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
30
Joseph Conrad
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
The Shadow Line
31
Joseph Conrad
She (Haggard -Penguin)
She
32
Haggard -Penguin
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
33
Charles Dickens
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
34
Franz Kafka
Typhoon (Conrad)
Typhoon
35
Conrad
Ulysses (Joyce)
Ulysses
36
Joyce
Under Western Eyes (Joseph Conrad)
Under Western Eyes
37
Joseph Conrad
Victory (Joseph Conrad)
Victory
38
Joseph Conrad
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
39
Leo Tolstoy
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
40
Yevgeny Zamyatin
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