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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
Ivanhoe
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The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
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Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
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An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy
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Amphitryon
Amphitryon
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Andromache
Andromache
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
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Antigone
Antigone
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The Moor of Peter the Great (Alexander Pushkin)
The Moor of Peter the Great (Alexander Pushkin)
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The Bathhouse (Vladimir Mayakovsky)
The Bathhouse (Vladimir Mayakovsky)
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Poor Folk (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Poor Folk (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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White Jacket (Herman Melville)
White Jacket (Herman Melville)
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Demons
Demons
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The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans (Honoré De Balzac)
The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans (Honoré De Balzac)
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The Gods Are Athirst (Anatole France)
The Gods Are Athirst (Anatole France)
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Divine Comedy
Divine Comedy
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage
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Britannicus
Britannicus
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Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
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The Tempest
The Tempest
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The Bacchae
The Bacchae
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Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
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In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
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Lady Windermere's Fan (Oscar Wilde)
Lady Windermere's Fan (Oscar Wilde)
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Venus in Furs
Venus in Furs
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Spring Torrents
Spring Torrents
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The Vicomte De Bragelonne (Alexandre Dumas)
The Vicomte De Bragelonne (Alexandre Dumas)
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William Tell (Friedrich Schiller)
William Tell (Friedrich Schiller)
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor
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The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard
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The Power of Darkness
The Power of Darkness
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
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War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days
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The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain
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Resurrection
Resurrection
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Sentimental Education
Sentimental Education
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