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Salem Press: "Recommended Reading: 500 Classics Reviewed"

A well-rounded list of mostly fiction. The source book is "Recommended Reading: 500 Classics Reviewed" (Salem Press, 1995). Unfortunately I was unable to obtain the 2015 2nd edition, which discusses 600 works. The two editions are at Items 509 & 510.
Alphabetical by title but with some works broken down into their component books, e.g. 'The Alexandria Quartet'.
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
1
William Faulkner
Absalom and Achitophel
Absalom and Achitophel
2
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
3
George Eliot
Adonais (Percy Shelley)
Adonais
4
Percy Shelley
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
5
Saul Bellow
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
7
Mark Twain
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
8
Virgil
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
9
Edith Wharton
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
10
Paulo Coelho
Justine (Lawrence Durrell)
Justine
11
Lawrence Durrell
Balthazar (Lawrence Durrell)
Balthazar
12
Lawrence Durrell
Mountolive (Lawrence Durrell)
Mountolive
13
Lawrence Durrell
Clea (Lawrence Durrell)
Clea
14
Lawrence Durrell
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
15
Lewis Carroll
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (Maya Angelou - 1986)
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
16
Maya Angelou - 1986
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
17
Erich Maria Remarque
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
18
Robert Penn Warren
All's Well That Ends Well (William Shakespeare)
All's Well That Ends Well
19
William Shakespeare
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
20
Henry James
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
21
Theodore Dreiser
Andromache (Euripides)
Andromache
22
Euripides
Andromaque (Jean Racine)
Andromaque
23
Jean Racine
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
24
George Orwell
Anna Christie - Eugene O'Neill
Anna Christie - Eugene O'Neill
25
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
26
Leo Tolstoy
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
27
Sophocles
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
28
William Shakespeare
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
29
John O'Hara
The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights
30
Anonymous
Areopagitica (John Milton)
Areopagitica
31
John Milton
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
32
Sinclair Lewis
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
33
William Faulkner
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
34
William Shakespeare
Ash Wednesday (T.S. Eliot)
Ash Wednesday
35
T.S. Eliot
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
36
Bernard Malamud
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
37
Kate Chopin
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
38
Sinclair Lewis
Bacchae (Euripides)
Bacchae
39
Euripides
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
40
Carson McCullers
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