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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
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
3
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
4
Leo Tolstoy
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
5
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
6
Ayn Rand
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
7
Ian McEwan
The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
8
Italo Calvino
Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
Baudolino
9
Umberto Eco
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
10
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
11
Toni Morrison
The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
12
Jorge Luis Borges
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
13
Aldous Huxley
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
14
Hilary Mantel
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
15
Geoffrey Chaucer
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
16
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
17
J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
18
Anthony Burgess
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
19
Charles Frazier
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
20
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
21
Thomas Pynchon
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
22
Willa Cather
Demian (Hermann Hesse)
Demian
23
Hermann Hesse
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
24
Henrik Ibsen
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
25
Bram Stoker
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
26
John Steinbeck
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
27
Jane Austen
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
28
Umberto Eco
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
29
Ayn Rand
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
30
Mary Shelley
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
31
Marilynne Robinson
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
32
John Steinbeck
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
33
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
34
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
35
William Shakespeare
The Handmaids's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaids's Tale
36
Margaret Atwood
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
37
Joseph Conrad
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
38
Edith Wharton
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
39
Italo Calvino
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Inferno
40
Dante Alighieri
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