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Goodreads: The Lesser Classics - Page 2

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 Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
Stendhal
42
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
F. Scott Fitzgerald
43
The Canterville Ghost (Oscar Wilde)
The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde
44
The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)
The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams
45
Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens)
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
46
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt
47
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry
48
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Shel Silverstein)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Shel Silverstein
49
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
Nathaniel Hawthorne
50
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
Maurice
E.M. Forster
51
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury
52
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden
53
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Choderlos De Laclos
54
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
55
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
56
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
57
Dr. Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Dr. Faustus
Christopher Marlowe
58
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
William Shakespeare
59
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
Daniel Defoe
60
Shakespeare's Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Shakespeare's Sonnets
William Shakespeare
61
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
62
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
Virginia Woolf
63
Shirley (Charlotte Brontë)
Shirley
Charlotte Brontë
64
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien
65
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
66
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
William Shakespeare
67
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
68
My Cousin Rachel (Daphne Du Maurier)
My Cousin Rachel
Daphne Du Maurier
69
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
70
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
Charles Dickens
71
Of Human Bondage (W Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
W Somerset Maugham
72
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
73
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome K. Jerome
74
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
Richard Wright
75
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
76
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx)
The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx
77
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
Nella Larsen
78
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
79
Anne of Ingleside (L. M. Montgomery)
Anne of Ingleside
L. M. Montgomery
80
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
Edgar Allan Poe
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