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When it comes to classics, it's easy to just read what everyone else says is a classic instead of remembering that, to become a classic, a work must win over individual upon individual upon individual, not just a few ivory tower intellectuals. For me, any work fifty years or older, which as of this moment means a publication year of 1970 or earlier, is fair game, regardless of how many lists it does or doesn't appear on. Now, I know myself too well to think I'm going to love everything on this particular list of mine, but I'm looking forward to learning something from all of them nonetheless, perhaps even recommending some brilliant, yet severely underread, work to those who have run out of the Modern's and the Time's and the 1001's and want something a little more...interesting.
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Dumb Luck (Vu Trong Phung)
Dumb Luck
81
Vu Trong Phung
The Years (Virginia Woolf)
The Years
82
Virginia Woolf
The Squire (Enid Bagnold)
The Squire
83
Enid Bagnold
All This, and Heaven Too (Rachel Field)
All This, and Heaven Too
84
Rachel Field
The Book of the Dead (Shinobu Orikuchi)
The Book of the Dead
85
Shinobu Orikuchi
Roger Fry: A Biography (Virginia Woolf)
Roger Fry: A Biography
86
Virginia Woolf
Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral (Gabriela Mistral)
Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral
87
Gabriela Mistral
A Well Full of Leaves (Elizabeth Myers)
A Well Full of Leaves
88
Elizabeth Myers
They Were Sisters (Dorothy Whipple)
They Were Sisters
89
Dorothy Whipple
The Blood of Others (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Blood of Others
90
Simone De Beauvoir
Miss Ranskill Comes Home (Barbara Euphan Todd)
Miss Ranskill Comes Home
91
Barbara Euphan Todd
The World and Africa: Inquiry Into the Part Which Africa Has Played in World History (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The World and Africa: Inquiry Into the Part Which Africa Has Played in World History
92
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Ethics of Ambiguity (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Ethics of Ambiguity
93
Simone De Beauvoir
The Setting Sun (Osamu Dazai)
The Setting Sun
94
Osamu Dazai
Locusts Have No King (Dawn Powell)
Locusts Have No King
95
Dawn Powell
Cindie (Jean Devanny)
Cindie
96
Jean Devanny
Men of Maize (Miguel Ángel Asturias)
Men of Maize
97
Miguel Ángel Asturias
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings (Octavio Paz)
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
98
Octavio Paz
Portrait of a Turkish Family (Irfan Orga)
Portrait of a Turkish Family
99
Irfan Orga
The Groves of Academe (Mary McCarthy)
The Groves of Academe
100
Mary McCarthy
Martha Quest (Doris Lessing)
Martha Quest
101
Doris Lessing
The Master of Go (Yasunari Kawabata)
The Master of Go
102
Yasunari Kawabata
Proud Beggars (Albert Cossery)
Proud Beggars
103
Albert Cossery
The Changelings (Jo Sinclair)
The Changelings
104
Jo Sinclair
The Lonely Londoners (Sam Selvon)
The Lonely Londoners
105
Sam Selvon
The Towers of Trebizond (Rose Macauley)
The Towers of Trebizond
106
Rose Macauley
Train to Pakistan (Khushwant Singh)
Train to Pakistan
107
Khushwant Singh
Voltaire in Love (Nancy Mitford)
Voltaire in Love
108
Nancy Mitford
The Dud Avacado (Elaine Dundy)
The Dud Avacado
109
Elaine Dundy
Deep Rivers (Jose Maria Arguedas)
Deep Rivers
110
Jose Maria Arguedas
Victorine (Maude Hutchins)
Victorine
111
Maude Hutchins
The Vet's Daughter (Barbara Comyns)
The Vet's Daughter
112
Barbara Comyns
Mao Tse-Tung & I Were Beggars (Siao-Yu)
Mao Tse-Tung & I Were Beggars
113
Siao-Yu
The Winners (Julio Cortázar)
The Winners
114
Julio Cortázar
The Thirtieth Year: Stories by Ingeborg Bachmann (Ingeborg Bachmann)
The Thirtieth Year: Stories by Ingeborg Bachmann
115
Ingeborg Bachmann
No Signposts in the Sea (Vita Sackville-West)
No Signposts in the Sea
116
Vita Sackville-West
An African Student in China (Emmanuel John Hevi)
An African Student in China
117
Emmanuel John Hevi
The Book of Lamentations (Rosario Castellanos)
The Book of Lamentations
118
Rosario Castellanos
Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
Hopscotch
119
Julio Cortazar
Out (Christine Brooke-Rose)
Out
120
Christine Brooke-Rose
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