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DJ's Definitive List of the Best 188 Books

According to the very thorough and scientific analysis of the best minds of a generation, these are the best books ever written. There are some surprises on the list, but who is DJ to argue with the facts and the weight of canonical je ne c'est qua.
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The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
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Henry James
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
2
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
3
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
4
Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
5
Emily Brontë
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
6
George Eliot
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
7
George Eliot
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
8
Charlotte Brontë
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
9
Peter Carey
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
10
Anonymous
The Qur'an (Anonymous)
The Qur'an
11
Anonymous
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
12
Mary Shelley
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
13
Aldous Huxley
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
14
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
15
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
16
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
17
William Shakespeare
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
18
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
19
Jane Austen
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages (Harold Bloom)
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
20
Harold Bloom
The Anxiety of Influence (Harold Bloom)
The Anxiety of Influence
21
Harold Bloom
A Map of Misreading (Harold Bloom)
A Map of Misreading
22
Harold Bloom
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
23
The Child's Conception of the World (Jean Piaget)
The Child's Conception of the World
24
Jean Piaget
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
25
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
26
E.M. Forster
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
27
E.M. Forster
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
28
E.M. Forster
The Longest Journey (E. M. Forster)
The Longest Journey
29
E. M. Forster
Emily Bronte: Heretic (Stevie Davies)
Emily Bronte: Heretic
30
Stevie Davies
Emily Bronte (Winifred Gerin)
Emily Bronte
31
Winifred Gerin
Life of Charlotte Bronte (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Life of Charlotte Bronte
32
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Brontes, Wild Genius on the Moor: The Story of a Literary Family (Juliet Barker)
The Brontes, Wild Genius on the Moor: The Story of a Literary Family
33
Juliet Barker
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
34
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
35
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Lion the Witch and the Wardobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion the Witch and the Wardobe
36
C.S. Lewis
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
37
Bram Stoker
A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
38
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Sign of Four
39
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
40
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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