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The Best Literature for Adults - A Sampling

Stumbled across a GRAmazon list from a while back: the best literature for adults, the parameters being fiction, no series' entries, average rating of 4.00 or higher, at least 5000 ratings, nothing for children, either full length novels or short story collections, and no plays. Chewed through my own library under those guidelines, and here are the results.
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The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
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The Complete Stories (Flanner O'Connor)
The Complete Stories (Flanner O'Connor)
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In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
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The Woman From Tantoura (Radwa Ashour)
The Woman From Tantoura (Radwa Ashour)
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Stoner (Williams)
Stoner (Williams)
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Three Day Road (Joseph Boyden)
Three Day Road (Joseph Boyden)
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
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Epitaph of a Small Winner (Machado De Assis)
Epitaph of a Small Winner (Machado De Assis)
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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
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Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
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The Street (Ann Petry)
The Street (Ann Petry)
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Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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Human Acts (Han Kang)
Human Acts (Han Kang)
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
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Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
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Independent People (Halldór Laxness)
Independent People (Halldór Laxness)
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Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
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The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
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Pavilion of Women (Pearl S. Buck)
Pavilion of Women (Pearl S. Buck)
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The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
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The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
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The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
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The Garden of the Evening Mists (Tan Twan Eng)
The Garden of the Evening Mists (Tan Twan Eng)
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
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The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
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Fatelessness (Imre Kertész)
Fatelessness (Imre Kertész)
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The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
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Imperial Woman (Pearl S. Buck)
Imperial Woman (Pearl S. Buck)
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Strange Pilgrims (Gabriel Garciá Márquez)
Strange Pilgrims (Gabriel Garciá Márquez)
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
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Near to the Wild Heart (Clarice Lispector)
Near to the Wild Heart (Clarice Lispector)
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The Wall (Marlen Haushofer)
The Wall (Marlen Haushofer)
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A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
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Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
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The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
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The Book of Night Women (Marlon James)
The Book of Night Women (Marlon James)
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