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DJ's Compendium of Best Books Ever

This is my own very subjective selection of the best books ever written - mostly novels and mostly older novels, with a few works of literary criticism, non-fiction books, and more modern novels, and the Bible which is in a class of its own.
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The Child's Conception of the World (Jean Piaget)
The Child's Conception of the World
1
Jean Piaget
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
2
Emily Brontë
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
3
Mary Shelley
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
4
George Eliot
Oscar and Lucinda (Australia)
Oscar and Lucinda (Australia)
5
A House for Mr Biswas (V. S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr Biswas
6
V. S. Naipaul
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
7
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
8
Charlotte Bronte
Emily Bronte: Heretic (Stevie Davies)
Emily Bronte: Heretic
9
Stevie Davies
The Anxiety of Influence (Harold Bloom)
The Anxiety of Influence
10
Harold Bloom
A Map of Misreading (Harold Bloom)
A Map of Misreading
11
Harold Bloom
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
12
Charles Dickens
The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays (Mikhail Bakhtin)
The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays
13
Mikhail Bakhtin
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
14
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
15
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
16
Sayaka Murata
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
17
E.M. Forster
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
18
E.M. Forster
The Longest Journey (E.M. Forster)
The Longest Journey
19
E.M. Forster
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
20
E.M. Forster
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
21
George Eliot
The Story of an African Farm (Olive Schreiner)
The Story of an African Farm
22
Olive Schreiner
A Study in Scarlet (Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
23
Doyle
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
24
Arthur Miller
The Witches (Stacy Schiff)
The Witches
25
Stacy Schiff
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
26
James Hogg
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
27
Henry James
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
28
John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Bronze Horseman
The Bronze Horseman
29
Mister God, This Is Anna (Fynn)
Mister God, This Is Anna
30
Fynn
All Creatures Great and Small Series (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small Series
31
James Herriot
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
32
Evelyn Waugh
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
33
Rohinton Mistry
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
34
Charles Dickens
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
35
Ralph Ellison
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
36
Sylvia Plath
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
37
Aldous Huxley
Wild Swans (Jung Chang/CHINA/UK)
Wild Swans
38
Jung Chang/CHINA/UK
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
39
Bram Stoker
A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb (Sarah Burton)
A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb
40
Sarah Burton
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