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100 Best Books of World Literature

100 of the best books of world literature. Taken from https://thegreatestbooks.org/ list description
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
2
James Joyce
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
3
Marcel Proust
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
4
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
5
Herman Melville
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
6
Leo Tolstoy
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
7
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
8
Dante Alighieri
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
9
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
10
William Faulkner
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
11
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
12
Lewis Carroll
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
13
John Steinbeck
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
14
Miguel De Cervantes
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
15
Leo Tolstoy
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
16
Toni Morrison
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
17
Frank Herbert
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
18
William Faulkner
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
19
Harper Lee
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
20
Charles Dickens
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
21
Virginia Woolf
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
22
Zora Neale Hurston
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
23
Truman Capote
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
24
Mary Shelley
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
25
Chinua Achebe
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
26
Virgil
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
27
Homer
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
28
Ernest Hemingway
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
29
Walt Whitman
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
30
Jane Austen
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
31
Virginia Woolf
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
32
George Eliot
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
33
Albert Camus
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
34
Franz Kafka
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
35
Kurt Vonnegut
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
36
Ernest Hemingway
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
37
Emily Brontë
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
38
Charles Dickens
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
39
Joseph Conrad
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
40
Charlotte Bronte
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