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The Greatest Books of All Time Chosen by 125 Top Writers

"These lists are compiled from all the author lists – as we add new lists, they are subject to change. We awarded points for each selection – 10 points for a first place pick, nine points for a second place pick, and so on. We totaled all the points and ranked them accordingly. These are the books with the highest total in each category."
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
1
Leo Tolstoy
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
2
Gustave Flaubert
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
3
Leo Tolstoy
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
4
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
5
Vladimir Nabokov
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
6
George Eliot
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
7
Mark Twain
Stories: Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Stories: Anton Chekhov
8
Anton Chekhov
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
9
Marcel Proust
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
10
William Shakespeare
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
11
Herman Melville
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
12
Miguel De Cervantes
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
13
James Joyce
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
14
Charles Dickens
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
15
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
16
Fyodor Dostoevsky
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
17
William Shakespeare
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
18
Homer
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
19
Virginia Woolf
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
20
James Joyce
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
21
Flannery O'Connor
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
22
Jane Austen
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
23
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
24
William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
25
William Faulkner
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
26
Jane Austen
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
27
Dante Alighieri
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
28
Charlotte Brontë
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
29
Laurence Sterne
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
30
Virginia Woolf
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
31
Emily Brontë
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
32
Ralph Ellison
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
33
Anonymous
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
34
Vladimir Nabokov
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
35
Harper Lee
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
36
Charles Dickens
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
37
John Steinbeck
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
38
Franz Kafka
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
39
Geoffrey Chaucer
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
40
Joseph Conrad
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