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MPL Readable Fiction Classics

A list of readable fiction classics from Madison Public Library -- A classic is a work of enduring interest and appeal in which successive generations can find some truth that will not stale. Readable narrows our selection because although a classic, by our definition, has appeal, it may require a reader's determined effort to discern it. We call readable those books whose appeal is immediately apparent and continues throughout.
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
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Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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Go Tell It on the Mountain, by James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain, by James Baldwin
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The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
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The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
Pearl S. Buck
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
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Cold Sassy Tree (Olive Burns)
Cold Sassy Tree
Olive Burns
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
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My Antonia
My Antonia
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Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
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David Copperfield
David Copperfield
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Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
E.L. Doctorow
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Dancing at the Rascal Fair (Ivan Doig)
Dancing at the Rascal Fair
Ivan Doig
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A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (Michael Dorris)
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Michael Dorris
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
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Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
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The Reivers
The Reivers
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Tom Jones
Tom Jones
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Howards End
Howards End
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A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
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The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory
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A Map of the World (Jane Hamilton)
A Map of the World
Jane Hamilton
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The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
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Selected Stories of O. Henry
Selected Stories of O. Henry
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha
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Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
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Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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