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MPL Readable Fiction Classics - Page 2

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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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
42
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
John Irving
43
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
44
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James
45
Short Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett (Sarah Orne Jewett)
Short Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett
Sarah Orne Jewett
46
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
47
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
48
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
Barbara Kingsolver
49
Collected Stories of Rudyard Kipling
Collected Stories of Rudyard Kipling
50
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
John Knowles
51
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
D.H. Lawrence
52
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
53
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
Sinclair Lewis
54
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
55
The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
The Fixer
Bernard Malamud
56
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
57
Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield)
Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield
58
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham
59
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy
60
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
The Member of the Wedding
Carson McCullers
61
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
Ian McEwan
62
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry
63
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
64
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
65
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
66
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
67
In the Lake of the Woods
In the Lake of the Woods
68
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
69
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
70
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton
71
Complete Tales and Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe
Complete Tales and Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe
72
The Shipping News (E.Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
E.Annie Proulx
73
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
74
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
75
Giants of the Earth
Giants of the Earth
76
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth
77
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
Richard Russo
78
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
79
Gaudy Night
Gaudy Night
80
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
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