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The Greatest Fiction Books in a New Light - Page 6

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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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
203
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
204
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera
205
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
206
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth
207
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
208
Herzog
Herzog
209
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon
210
White Noise
White Noise
211
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
212
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice
213
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
214
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
215
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
216
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
217
Father Goriot
Father Goriot
218
A Doll's House
A Doll's House
219
King Lear
King Lear
220
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
221
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
222
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
223
The Tempest
The Tempest
224
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
225
The Plague
The Plague
226
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
227
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners (James Joyce)
228
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
229
Rabbit Redux
Rabbit Redux
230
Fountainhead
Fountainhead
231
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
232
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
233
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
234
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel
235
Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
236
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
237
2004: The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
2004: The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
238
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
239
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
240
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
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