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The Average Goodreads Member Has Only Read 16 Out of These 101 Books

The Goodreads Top 100 Literary Novels of All Time List" represents a list of 100 literary novels recommended by the Goodreads Serious Literature Group for voting by all Goodreads Members via Listopia.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Adam Bede
Adam Bede
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The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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The Alexandria Quartet
The Alexandria Quartet
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All the King's Men
All the King's Men
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
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An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy
9
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
10
The Awakening
The Awakening
11
Blindness
Blindness
12
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
13
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
14
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited
15
Bridge of Sighs
Bridge of Sighs
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
17
Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward
18
Candide
Candide
19
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
21
Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye
22
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
23
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
24
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
25
Darconville's Cat (Alexander Theroux)
Darconville's Cat (Alexander Theroux)
26
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
27
Dead Souls
Dead Souls
28
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop
29
The Death of Virgil
The Death of Virgil
30
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (J.P. Donleavy)
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (J.P. Donleavy)
31
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
32
East of Eden
East of Eden
33
Ficciones
Ficciones
34
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
35
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
36
The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga
37
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
38
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
39
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
40
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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