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The Very Best Books According to Goodreads

There is no definitive Western canon. It's only an agreed-upon concept that the most important, significant, and worthy works of literature ought to be ranked and preserved based on their merit. So how do you even determine, of those books, which ones are truly the best of the best? Well, here's one option, according to Goodreads.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
5
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
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Emma
Emma
8
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
9
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
10
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
12
Hamlet
Hamlet
13
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
15
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey
16
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
17
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis
18
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
19
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
20
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
21
MacBeth
MacBeth
22
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
23
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park
24
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
25
Persuasion
Persuasion
26
Farenheit 451
Farenheit 451
27
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
28
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
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Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
33
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse
34
The Crucible
The Crucible
35
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
36
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
37
Les Mis
Les Mis
38
King Lear
King Lear
39
The Tempest
The Tempest
40
Othello
Othello
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