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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 (Arthur Conan Doyle)
2
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
3
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
4
The Brothers Karmazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karmazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
5
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
6
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
7
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
8
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
9
Far From the Madding Crowd (Hardy, Thomas)
Far From the Madding Crowd (Hardy, Thomas)
10
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
11
The First Men in the Moon
The First Men in the Moon
12
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
13
The Glass Key (Hammett)
The Glass Key (Hammett)
14
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
15
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
16
The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables
17
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice (Anna Kavan)
18
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Penguin Classics)
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Penguin Classics)
19
Islands in the Stream (Hemingway)
Islands in the Stream (Hemingway)
20
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
21
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
22
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
23
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
24
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
25
Nostromo (Conrad - Penguin Classics))
Nostromo (Conrad - Penguin Classics))
26
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
27
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories (Stephen Crane)
28
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
29
The Road Back (Erich Maria Remarque)
The Road Back (Erich Maria Remarque)
30
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
31
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
32
She (Haggard -Penguin)
She (Haggard -Penguin)
33
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
34
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
35
Typhoon (Conrad)
Typhoon (Conrad)
36
Ulysses (Joyce)
Ulysses (Joyce)
37
Under Western Eyes (Joseph Conrad)
Under Western Eyes (Joseph Conrad)
38
Victory (Joseph Conrad)
Victory (Joseph Conrad)
39
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
40
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
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