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Hardcore Reading List

A massive list of the greatest, most important and influential classic books for true hardcore readers.
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Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
1
Sir Walter Scott
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
2
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
3
Lewis Carroll
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
4
Theodore Dreiser
Amphitryon
Amphitryon
5
Andromache
Andromache
6
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
7
Leo Tolstoy
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
8
Sophocles
The Moor of Peter the Great (Alexander Pushkin)
The Moor of Peter the Great
9
Alexander Pushkin
The Bathhouse (Vladimir Mayakovsky)
The Bathhouse
10
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Poor Folk (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Poor Folk
11
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
White Jacket (Herman Melville)
White Jacket
12
Herman Melville
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
13
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans (Honoré De Balzac)
The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans
14
Honoré De Balzac
The Gods Are Athirst (Anatole France)
The Gods Are Athirst
15
Anatole France
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
16
Dante Alighieri
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
17
Charles Dickens
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
18
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
19
W. Somerset Maugham
Britannicus
Britannicus
20
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
21
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
22
William Shakespeare
The Bacchae (Euripides)
The Bacchae
23
Euripides
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
24
Samuel Beckett
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
25
Marcel Proust
Lady Windermere's Fan (Oscar Wilde)
Lady Windermere's Fan
26
Oscar Wilde
Venus in Furs
Venus in Furs
27
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
28
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Spring Torrents
Spring Torrents
29
The Vicomte De Bragelonne (Alexandre Dumas)
The Vicomte De Bragelonne
30
Alexandre Dumas
William Tell (Friedrich Schiller)
William Tell
31
Friedrich Schiller
The Merry Wives of Windsor (William Shakespeare)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
32
William Shakespeare
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov)
The Cherry Orchard
33
Anton Chekhov
The Power of Darkness
The Power of Darkness
34
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
35
Leo Tolstoy
War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
War of the Worlds
36
H.G. Wells
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
37
Jules Verne
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
38
Thomas Mann
Resurrection (Leo Tolstoy)
Resurrection
39
Leo Tolstoy
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
40
Gustave Flaubert
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