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Jennifer's 50 Classic Books List

I got tired of going through all those book lists and only checking off a few... it was so silly, because I read alot and all the lists are different, so I just made a list that has all the books I always check-off on those lists, plus a few that I think should be on those lists. I have tried to arrange the books in roughly historical order, oldest first. Just because a book is on this list doesn't mean that I really liked it (though most, I did), or that I recommend it.
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The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
Anonymous
2
Ethics
Ethics
3
Emile – Or, on Education (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
Emile – Or, on Education
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
4
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
Common Sense
Thomas Paine
5
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
6
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
7
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
8
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
9
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
10
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott
11
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
12
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
13
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
14
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
G.K. Chesterton
15
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
16
Captain Blood
Captain Blood
17
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
18
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
Franz Kafka
19
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales
H. P. Lovecraft
20
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse
21
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
22
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
23
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
24
Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich
25
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
26
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
27
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
28
The Road to Serfdom
The Road to Serfdom
29
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
30
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
31
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
J.R.R. Tolkien
32
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
Iaac Asimov
33
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
34
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis
35
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
36
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
Starship Troopers
Robert A. Heinlein
37
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein
38
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
39
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
40
The Moonspinners (Mary Stewart)
The Moonspinners
Mary Stewart
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