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Essential Classics Challenge (A Publisher Publishes a List)

This is an enhanced and updated version of a useful reference list published in 2014 by Jennifer Cairns, who might have also been using the challenge as advertising for Peirene Press, an English publishing house. As evidence, this was the only list that J.C. ever published. I have omitted the single icon that promoted Peirene Press.
BTW, I realise that, by publishing this challenge, I am breaking the sacred pact that nothing should ever be repeated on this site.
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The Matisse Stories (A.S. Byatt)
The Matisse Stories
1
A.S. Byatt
Le Grand Meaulnes (Alain-Fournier)
Le Grand Meaulnes
2
Alain-Fournier
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
3
Albert Camus
Astragal (Albertine Sarrazin)
Astragal
4
Albertine Sarrazin
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
5
Alfred Döblin
A Tale of Love and Darkness (Amos Oz)
A Tale of Love and Darkness
6
Amos Oz
The Palm-Wine Drinkard (Amos Tutuola)
The Palm-Wine Drinkard
7
Amos Tutuola
A Spy in the House of Love (Anaïs Nin)
A Spy in the House of Love
8
Anaïs Nin
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
9
Angela Carter
What Can I Do When Everything's on Fire? (António Lobo Antunes)
What Can I Do When Everything's on Fire?
10
António Lobo Antunes
When Rain Clouds Gather (Bessie Head)
When Rain Clouds Gather
11
Bessie Head
The Garden of Departed Cats (Bilge Karasu)
The Garden of Departed Cats
12
Bilge Karasu
Too Loud a Solitude (Bohumil Hrabal)
Too Loud a Solitude
13
Bohumil Hrabal
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wall-Paper
14
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
15
Chinua Achebe
Near to the Wild Heart (Clarice Lispector, Trans. Alison Entrekin)
Near to the Wild Heart
16
Clarice Lispector, Trans. Alison Entrekin
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Inferno
17
Dante Alighieri
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
18
Doris Lessing
The Concubine (Elechi Amadi)
The Concubine
19
Elechi Amadi
The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante)
The Days of Abandonment
20
Elena Ferrante
The Enchanted April (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
The Enchanted April
21
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Thérèse Raquin (Émile Zola)
Thérèse Raquin
22
Émile Zola
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
23
Erich Maria Remarque
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
24
François Rabelais
The Unmade Bed (Françoise Sagan)
The Unmade Bed
25
Françoise Sagan
The House of the Dead (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The House of the Dead
26
Fyodor Dostoevsky
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
27
Gabriel García Márquez
Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Decameron
28
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Fly-Truffler (Gustaf Sobin)
The Fly-Truffler
29
Gustaf Sobin
The Temptation of St. Anthony (Gustave Flaubert)
The Temptation of St. Anthony
30
Gustave Flaubert
Independent People (Halldór Laxness)
Independent People
31
Halldór Laxness
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Hannah Arendt)
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
32
Hannah Arendt
Every Man Dies Alone (Hans Fallada)
Every Man Dies Alone
33
Hans Fallada
The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
The Discovery of Heaven
34
Harry Mulisch
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
35
Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
36
Haruki Murakami
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Böll)
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
37
Heinrich Böll
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
38
Homer
Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Bette
39
Honoré De Balzac
Wonder (Hugo Claus)
Wonder
40
Hugo Claus
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