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Penguin's 100 Must Read Classics, Chosen by Readers (2020)

This list is taken from https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2018/100-must-read-classic-books/#top.
100 must-read classic books, as chosen by their readers.
Not ranked in any particular order.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
3
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
4
100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
5
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
6
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys
7
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
8
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
Dodie Smith
9
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
10
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
11
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
12
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
13
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
John Wyndham
14
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
Jane Austen
15
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
16
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S.Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S.Lewis
17
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
18
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
Elizabeth Bowen
19
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
20
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
21
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
22
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
Dodie Smith
23
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
24
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
25
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
26
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
27
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
Jane Austen
28
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Adrian Mitchell)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Adrian Mitchell
29
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
30
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
Elizabeth Bowen
31
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
32
Frankenstein (Shelley)
Frankenstein
Shelley
33
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
34
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go-Between
L.P. Hartley
35
1962 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
1962 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
36
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
37
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
Thomas Mann
38
The Grapes of Wrath (Https://Www2.Alibris-Static.com/The-Grapes-Of-Wrat)
The Grapes of Wrath
Https://Www2.Alibris-Static.com/The-Grapes-Of-Wrat
39
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
40
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
P.G. Wodehouse
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