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The Greatest Fiction Books in a New Light - Page 3

This is quite a solid list of "classic" reads. It comprises works of fiction that appear on 7 or more of the 119 "best of" book lists used by the algorithm at thegreatestbooks.org. The top 25 are each on 30 or more lists (books are ranked in descending order of list appearances; books with the same number of appearances are further separated by their original score at the site). This new list uses a snapshot of the site as at mid-February 2019.
This ranking system variant seems to favour novels over drama, poetry & collections of short stories; English over other languages; 20th century over other eras. It tips the balance away from books that originally scored highly from just a single list e.g. that of a Scandinavian jury.
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Faust
Faust
82
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
83
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
84
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
85
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Tess of the D'urbervilles
86
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
87
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
88
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
89
Antigone
Antigone
90
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain
91
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
92
Pale Fire
Pale Fire
93
The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum
94
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
95
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
96
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
97
Collected Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Collected Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
98
Emma
Emma
99
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis
100
The Good Soldier
The Good Soldier
101
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
102
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita
103
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
104
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
105
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy
106
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
107
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
108
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka
109
The Waste Land
The Waste Land
110
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons
111
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
112
The Little Prince
The Little Prince
113
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
114
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
115
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
116
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
117
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
118
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
119
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
120
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night
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