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High Brow Literature

These are all books shelved as "high brow" on Goodreads. I agree with most of these, although a couple would not be what I would consider "high brow" literature. There are a lot of books that should be here but aren't.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
Ayn Rand
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Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
Ian McEwan
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The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
Italo Calvino
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Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
Baudolino
Umberto Eco
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
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The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
Jorge Luis Borges
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
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Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel
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The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
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Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
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Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
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Demian (Hermann Hesse)
Demian
Hermann Hesse
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A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen
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Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
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East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
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Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
Jane Austen
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Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
Umberto Eco
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The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
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Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
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The Handmaids's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaids's Tale
Margaret Atwood
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
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The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
Italo Calvino
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Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Inferno
Dante Alighieri
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