One Big, One Short, Both Good

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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)

Don Quixote

1

Miguel De Cervantes

Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

2

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)

Lord of the Rings

3

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

4

Douglas Adams

The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)

The Three Musketeers

5

Alexandre Dumas

The Overcoat (Gogol)

The Overcoat

6

Gogol

The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)

The Count of Monte Cristo

7

Alexandre Dumas

No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)

No Longer Human

8

Osamu Dazai

A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)

A Game of Thrones

9

George R.R. Martin

Eric (Terry Pratchett)

Eric

10

Terry Pratchett

The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)

The Arabian Nights

11

Anonymous

The Alienist (Machado De Assis)

The Alienist

12

Machado De Assis

The Stand (Stephen King)

The Stand

13

Stephen King

The Yellow Wall-Paper (Charlotte Perkins-Gilman)

The Yellow Wall-Paper

14

Charlotte Perkins-Gilman

1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)

1Q84

15

Haruki Murakami

The Strange Library (Haruki Murakami)

The Strange Library

16

Haruki Murakami

Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)

Crime and Punishment

17

Fyodor Dostoevsky

White Nights (Fyodor Dostoevsky)

White Nights

18

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

19

Susanna Clarke

The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)

The Importance of Being Earnest

20

Oscar Wilde

Andersonville (MacKinlay Kantor)

Andersonville

21

MacKinlay Kantor

Hiroshima (John Hersey)

Hiroshima

22

John Hersey

The Shining (Stephen King)

The Shining

23

Stephen King

On Writing (Stephen King)

On Writing

24

Stephen King

Musashi (Eiji Yoshikawa)

Musashi

25

Eiji Yoshikawa

Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)

Kitchen

26

Banana Yoshimoto

The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)

The Grapes of Wrath

27

John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)

Of Mice and Men

28

John Steinbeck

The Mysterious Island (Jules Verne)

The Mysterious Island

29

Jules Verne

The Tempest (William Shakespeare)

The Tempest

30

William Shakespeare

The Iliad (Homer)

The Iliad

31

Homer

The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)

The Old Man and the Sea

32

Ernest Hemingway

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

33

Stieg Larsson

Sparkling Cyanide (Agatha Christie)

Sparkling Cyanide

34

Agatha Christie

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Stieg Larsson)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

35

Stieg Larsson

And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)

And Then There Were None

36

Agatha Christie

The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson)

The Girl Who Played With Fire

37

Stieg Larsson

A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)

A Study in Scarlet

38

Arthur Conan Doyle

Watership Down (Richard Adams)

Watership Down

39

Richard Adams

Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)

Bridge to Terabithia

40

Katherine Paterson

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