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Classics That Are Never Listed on Lists of 'Classics'

I mean, you can probably find a lot of these on book lists somewhere, but generally I don't see them unless the list itself is a lot longer and more comprehensive. These are great books, though, and if you see them in a bookstore don't let their lack of popularity dissuade you from giving them a shot.
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Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
1
John Milton
Bullfinch's Mythology (Bullfinch, Thomas)
Bullfinch's Mythology
2
Bullfinch, Thomas
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
3
William Shakespeare
Ask the Dust (John Fante)
Ask the Dust
4
John Fante
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
5
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Tales of Belkin (Alexander Pushkin)
Tales of Belkin
6
Alexander Pushkin
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
7
Aleksandr Pushkin
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
8
Flannery O'Connor
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
9
Arthur C. Clarke
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
10
Graham Greene
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
11
George Orwell
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
12
Kurt Vonnegut
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
13
Rudyard Kipling
Tortilla Flat (John Steinbeck)
Tortilla Flat
14
John Steinbeck
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (T.E. Lawrence)
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
15
T.E. Lawrence
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
16
Allen Ginsberg
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
17
Kurt Vonnegut
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
18
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
19
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
20
Charles Darwin
Voyage of the Beagle (Charles Darwin)
Voyage of the Beagle
21
Charles Darwin
Two Years Before the Mast (Richard Henry Dana)
Two Years Before the Mast
22
Richard Henry Dana
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
23
Henry Miller
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I (Plutarch)
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I
24
Plutarch
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
25
Toni Morrison
Wait Until Spring, Bandini (John Fante)
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
26
John Fante
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
27
Sir Thomas Malory
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
28
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac
29
Edmond Rostand
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From the Underground
30
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
31
Graham Greene
The Twelve Caesars (Suetonius)
The Twelve Caesars
32
Suetonius
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
33
Haruki Murakami
The Essential Rumi (Rumi)
The Essential Rumi
34
Rumi
A Journal of the Plague Year (Daniel Defoe)
A Journal of the Plague Year
35
Daniel Defoe
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
36
Knut Hamsun
Post Office (Charles Bukowski)
Post Office
37
Charles Bukowski
Jamaica Inn (Daphne Du Maurier)
Jamaica Inn
38
Daphne Du Maurier
I Claudius (Graves)
I Claudius
39
Graves
Herodotus -- The Histories (Histories)
Herodotus -- The Histories
40
Histories
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