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Goodreads: The Lesser Classics

Picking up where the list '250 Books Goodreads Calls Classics' left off, we present a list of the lesser classics - books that Goodreads members shelve as classics, just not as often. Probably some here that are sold short by being called a lesser classic, but the numbers are the numbers.
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The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
1
Tennessee Williams
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
2
E.M. Forster
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods
3
Laura Ingalls Wilder
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
4
Dodie Smith
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
5
Ernest Hemingway
The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights
6
Anonymous
Little Men (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Men
7
Louisa May Alcott
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
8
Thomas Hardy
The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
The Giving Tree
9
Shel Silverstein
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
10
Anonymous
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
11
John Steinbeck
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
12
T.H. White
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
13
John Bunyan
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
14
George Eliot
Anne of Windy Poplars (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Windy Poplars
15
L.M. Montgomery
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
16
Elizabeth Gaskell
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
17
Walt Whitman
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
18
Edgar Allan Poe
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
19
Umberto Eco
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
20
Hermann Hesse
Anne's House of Dreams (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne's House of Dreams
21
L.M. Montgomery
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
22
Khalid Hosseini
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie
23
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
24
Nikolai Gogol
Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens)
Nicholas Nickleby
25
Charles Dickens
The Swiss Family Robinson (Johann David Wyss)
The Swiss Family Robinson
26
Johann David Wyss
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
27
Marcel Proust
The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas)
The Man in the Iron Mask
28
Alexandre Dumas
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
29
Yann Martel
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
30
Mario Puzo
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
31
Euripides
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
32
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers)
Mary Poppins
33
P.L. Travers
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
34
Kahlil Gibran
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac
35
Edmond Rostand
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
36
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
37
Agatha Christie
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
38
Ayn Rand
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
39
Jean Rhys
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
40
Philip K Dick
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