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MASSIVE List of Greatest Books

I have assembled a list of over one thousand classic and contemporary novels, plays, and short story collections from a variety of genres, and I have arranged them as randomly as possible. I have also sought to include a diversity of nationalities, genders, and ethnic groups.
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
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The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
3
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry
4
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
5
Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)
Autobiography of Red
Anne Carson
6
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
7
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
8
A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin)
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin
9
The Virginian (Owen Wister)
The Virginian
Owen Wister
10
The Nine Tailors (Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Nine Tailors
Dorothy L. Sayers
11
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
Octavia Butler
12
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
Homer
13
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
14
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
James Ellroy
15
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
16
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Choderlos De Laclos
17
Little Big Man (Thomas Berger)
Little Big Man
Thomas Berger
18
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
Joanna Russ
19
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
20
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
Graham Greene
21
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
Angela Carter
22
A Rage in Harlem (Chester Himes)
A Rage in Harlem
Chester Himes
23
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing
24
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
25
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
26
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
27
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
28
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
29
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
Iris Murdoch
30
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
Robert Graves
31
A Man Lay Dead (Ngaio Marsh)
A Man Lay Dead
Ngaio Marsh
32
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
Anna Kavan
33
The Street (Ann Petry)
The Street
Ann Petry
34
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
35
The Gormenghast Novels (Mervyn Peake)
The Gormenghast Novels
Mervyn Peake
36
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
37
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
John Le Carré
38
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
Hughes
39
Lucy (Jamaica Kincaid)
Lucy
Jamaica Kincaid
40
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
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