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Top 100 Penguin Classics

These are the top 100 books in the Penguin Classics series on Goodreads. A great collection of classics. I have a lot of reading to do.
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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
3
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
4
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
5
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
6
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
Jane Austen
7
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
8
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
Homer
9
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
10
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
Jane Austen
11
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott,)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott,
12
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
Voltaire
13
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
14
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
15
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
16
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
17
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
18
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
19
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
20
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Anonymous
21
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen
22
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
23
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll
24
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
25
Beowulf (Michael Alexander (Translator))
Beowulf
Michael Alexander (Translator)
26
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
27
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
28
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
29
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Anne Brontë
30
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1 (Malcolm C. Lyons (Translator), Ursula Lyons (Trans)
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1
Malcolm C. Lyons (Translator), Ursula Lyons (Trans
31
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
32
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
33
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
34
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
Plato
35
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
36
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror (Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Mighall (Editor))
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Mighall (Editor)
37
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
38
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
39
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
40
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
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