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100 Best Classic Books to Read Before You Die (Booklist Queen)

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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
1
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
2
Homer
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
3
Sun Tzu
The Oedipus Cycle (Sophocles)
The Oedipus Cycle
4
Sophocles
The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights
5
Anonymous
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
6
Dante Alighieri
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
7
Geoffrey Chaucer
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
8
Aesop
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
9
Sir Thomas Malory
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
10
Niccolò Machiavelli
Romeo & Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo & Juliet
11
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
12
William Shakespeare
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
13
Miguel De Cervantes
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
14
William Shakespeare
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
15
John Milton
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
16
Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
17
Jonathan Swift
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
18
Jane Austen
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
19
The Brothers Grimm
The Swiss Family Robinson (Johann Wyss)
The Swiss Family Robinson
20
Johann Wyss
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
21
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
22
Mary Shelley
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
23
Sir Walter Scott
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
24
James Fenimore Cooper
Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Complete Tales & Poems
25
Edgar Allan Poe
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
26
Charles Dickens
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
27
Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
28
Alexandre Dumas
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
29
Frederick Douglass
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
30
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
31
Emily Bronte
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
32
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
33
Herman Melville
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
34
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
35
Henry David Thoreau
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
36
Elizabeth Gaskell
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
37
Charles Dickens
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
38
Harriet Jacobs
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
39
Charles Dickens
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
40
Victor Hugo
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