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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
1
Miguel De Cervantes
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
2
Dashiell Hammett
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
3
Larry McMurtry
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
4
Arthur Conan Doyle
Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)
Autobiography of Red
5
Anne Carson
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
6
Agatha Christie
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
7
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin)
A Wizard of Earthsea
8
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Virginian (Owen Wister)
The Virginian
9
Owen Wister
The Nine Tailors (Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Nine Tailors
10
Dorothy L. Sayers
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
11
Octavia Butler
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
12
Homer
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
13
Jules Verne
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
14
James Ellroy
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
15
Anthony Burgess
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
16
Choderlos De Laclos
Little Big Man (Thomas Berger)
Little Big Man
17
Thomas Berger
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
18
Joanna Russ
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
19
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
20
Graham Greene
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
21
Angela Carter
A Rage in Harlem (Chester Himes)
A Rage in Harlem
22
Chester Himes
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
23
Doris Lessing
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
24
Virginia Woolf
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
25
Patricia Highsmith
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
26
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
27
Anton Chekhov
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
28
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
29
Iris Murdoch
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
30
Robert Graves
A Man Lay Dead (Ngaio Marsh)
A Man Lay Dead
31
Ngaio Marsh
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
32
Anna Kavan
The Street (Ann Petry)
The Street
33
Ann Petry
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
34
Salman Rushdie
The Gormenghast Novels (Mervyn Peake)
The Gormenghast Novels
35
Mervyn Peake
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
36
Emily Bronte
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
37
John Le Carré
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
38
Hughes
Lucy (Jamaica Kincaid)
Lucy
39
Jamaica Kincaid
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
40
Murasaki Shikibu
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