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(Mostly) CLASSICS That Are Gathering Dust

I have read a ton of classics in my nearly 50 years but for some reason haven't gotten around to these, even though I own copies of them. Some I've attempted and couldn't get into (looking at you, "Gulliver's Travels" and "Silmarillion"), but the vast majority I've never opened, other than to flip through. Which ones deserve another try?
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
1
Leo Tolstoy
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
2
Jane Austen
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
3
Boris Pasternak
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
4
Victor Hugo
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
5
Thomas Hardy
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
6
Charles Dickens
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
7
Robert M Pirsig
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
8
Charles Dickens
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
9
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
10
Kim Edwards
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
11
John Updike
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
12
Dee Brown
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
13
Thomas Hardy
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
14
Stendhal
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
15
Henry James
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove
16
Henry James
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
17
Virgil
Presumed Innocent (Scott Turow)
Presumed Innocent
18
Scott Turow
Firefly Lane (Kristin Hannah)
Firefly Lane
19
Kristin Hannah
The Swiss Family Robinson (Johann Wyss)
The Swiss Family Robinson
20
Johann Wyss
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
21
Thomas Mann
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone
22
Collins
Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Silmarillion
23
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
24
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
25
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
26
Charles Dickens
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
27
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow
28
Robert Louis Stevenson
A Treatise of Human Nature (David Hume)
A Treatise of Human Nature
29
David Hume
A Tramp Abroad (Mark Twain)
A Tramp Abroad
30
Mark Twain
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
31
Anthony Trollope
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
32
Alan Paton
The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
33
Thomas Hardy
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
34
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
35
Alexis De Tocqueville
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
36
John Galsworthy
Letters and Papers From Prison (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
Letters and Papers From Prison
37
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
38
RABBIT REDUX (John Updike)
RABBIT REDUX
39
John Updike
The Ra Expeditions
The Ra Expeditions
40
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