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Classics That Are Fun to Read

Our maverick English Teacher and contrarian looks back on his reading history and comes up with 100 classics and modern classics of fiction that were so enjoyable to read (at least to him) that they couldn't possibly be "required" reading. As always, this is a personal and idiosyncratic list, and should not be taken as exhaustive or definitive. For those who care about such things, "Frankenstein" did not make the list because, despite its brilliant concept, it is a terrible slog to read.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
2
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
3
Mark Twain
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
4
Lewis Carroll
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
5
Agatha Christie
Beowulf (Wright -Trans)
Beowulf
6
Wright -Trans
The Big Sky (A. B. Guthrie)
The Big Sky
7
A. B. Guthrie
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
8
Raymond Chandler
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow
9
Robert Louis Stevenson
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
10
Anna Sewell
The Bull From the Sea (Mary Renault)
The Bull From the Sea
11
Mary Renault
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories (H.P Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories
12
H.P Lovecraft
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
13
Jack London
Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini)
Captain Blood
14
Rafael Sabatini
Captains Courageous (Rudyard Kipling)
Captains Courageous
15
Rudyard Kipling
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
16
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
17
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
18
Ambler
Collected Ghost Stories (M.R James)
Collected Ghost Stories
19
M.R James
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
20
Mark Twain
The Conquest of Gaul (Julius Caesar)
The Conquest of Gaul
21
Julius Caesar
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
22
Alexandre Dumas
The Dain Curse (Dashiell Hammett)
The Dain Curse
23
Dashiell Hammett
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
24
Josephine Tey
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
25
Charles Dickens
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls
26
Gogol
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
27
Bram Stoker
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
28
Joyce
Egil's Saga (Anonymous)
Egil's Saga
29
Anonymous
The Epic of Gilgamesh (N.K. Sandars Translator)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
30
N.K. Sandars Translator
Eyrbyggja Saga (Anonymous)
Eyrbyggja Saga
31
Anonymous
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely
32
Raymond Chandler
The Glass Key (Dashiell Hammett)
The Glass Key
33
Dashiell Hammett
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
34
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
35
Jonathan Swift
The High Window (Raymond Chandler)
The High Window
36
Raymond Chandler
His Last Bow (Arthur Conan Doyle)
His Last Bow
37
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
38
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
39
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
40
H.G. Wells
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