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Short Classics to Read

A list of short classics to read in order to sample well-known authors without having to read a thousand pages of weird and endless prose.
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
1
William Golding
The Birds (Daphne Du Maurier)
The Birds
2
Daphne Du Maurier
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
3
Shirley Jackson
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
4
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
5
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
6
Mark Twain
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
7
Kate Chopin
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
8
Aldous Huxley
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
9
Voltaire
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
10
Charles Dickens
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
11
Arthur Miller
Fiddler on the Roof (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, & Joseph Stein)
Fiddler on the Roof
12
Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, & Joseph Stein
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
13
Daniel Keyes
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
14
Mary Shelley
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
15
Joseph Conrad
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
16
Franz Kafka
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
17
S. E. Hinton
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
18
Stephen Chbosky
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
19
Oscar Wilde
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
20
George Bernard Shaw
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
21
Virginia Woolf
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
22
J.R.R. Tolkien
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