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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
The Portrait of a Lady
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The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
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Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
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Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
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Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
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Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
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The Bible
The Bible
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The Qur'an (Anonymous)
The Qur'an (Anonymous)
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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The Tempest
The Tempest
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Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello (William Shakespeare)
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King Lear
King Lear
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Hamlet
Hamlet
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Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma (Jane Austen)
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
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The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages (Harold Bloom)
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages (Harold Bloom)
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The Anxiety of Influence (Harold Bloom)
The Anxiety of Influence (Harold Bloom)
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A Map of Misreading (Harold Bloom)
A Map of Misreading (Harold Bloom)
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Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
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The Child's Conception of the World (Jean Piaget)
The Child's Conception of the World (Jean Piaget)
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The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
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A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
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Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
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A Room With a View
A Room With a View
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The Longest Journey (E. M. Forster)
The Longest Journey (E. M. Forster)
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Emily Bronte: Heretic (Stevie Davies)
Emily Bronte: Heretic (Stevie Davies)
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Emily Bronte (Winifred Gerin)
Emily Bronte (Winifred Gerin)
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Life of Charlotte Bronte (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Life of Charlotte Bronte (Elizabeth Gaskell)
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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 (Juliet Barker)
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Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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The Lion the Witch and the Wardobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion the Witch and the Wardobe (C.S. Lewis)
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Dracula
Dracula
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A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The Sign of Four
The Sign of Four
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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