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Penguin Classics 100 Best Books Ever Written

Penguin Classic’s list of “100 Classic Books You Must Read Before You Die."
1-5 Best Crazies
6-10 Best Sex
11-15 Best Villains
16-20 Best Lovers
21-25 Best Heroes
26-30 Best Tearjerkers
31-35 Best Spine-Tinglers
36-40 Best Minxes
41-45 Best Journeys
46-50 Best Decadence
51-55 Best Rebels
56-60 Best Sci-Fi
61-65 Best Violence
66-70 Best Highs
71-75 Best Subversion
76-80 Best Crimes
81-85 Best Adultery
86-90 Best Debauchery
91-95 Best Action
96-100 Best Laughs
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1
Ken Kesey
The Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)
The Diary of a Madman
2
Nikolai Gogol
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
3
Jean Rhys
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
4
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
5
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)
Story of the Eye
6
Georges Bataille
A Spy in the House of Love (Anaïs Nin)
A Spy in the House of Love
7
Anaïs Nin
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
8
D.H. Lawrence
Venus in Furs
Venus in Furs
9
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
10
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
11
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
12
Joseph Conrad
Diamonds Are Forever (Fleming)
Diamonds Are Forever
13
Fleming
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
14
Mikhail Bulgakov
Secret Agent
Secret Agent
15
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
16
E.M. Forster
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
17
Emily Brontë
Don Juan (Lord Byron)
Don Juan
18
Lord Byron
Love in a Cold Climate (Nancy Mitford)
Love in a Cold Climate
19
Nancy Mitford
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
20
Tennesee Williams
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
21
Charles Dickens
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
22
George Eliot
She (H. Rider Haggard)
She
23
H. Rider Haggard
The Fight (Norman Mailer)
The Fight
24
Norman Mailer
No Easy Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
No Easy Walk to Freedom
25
Nelson Mandela
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
26
John Steinbeck
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
27
Edith Wharton
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
28
Victor Hugo
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
29
Thomas Hardy
The Old Curiosity Shop (Charles Dickens)
The Old Curiosity Shop
30
Charles Dickens
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
31
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
32
Bram Stoker
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
33
Mary Shelley
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
34
Horace Walpole
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
35
Henry James
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
36
William Makepeace Thackeray
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
37
Vladimir Nabokov
Baby Doll
Baby Doll
38
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
39
Truman Capote
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
40
Jane Austen
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