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100 Best Novels Ever Penned

A subjective yet resonate, tasteful, and entertaining list of some of the best novels ever written...
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
2
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
3
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
4
Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
5
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
6
John Steinbeck
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
7
John Steinbeck
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
8
Carson McCullers
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
9
Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
10
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
11
Emily Bronte
Daddy Long Legs (Jean Webster)
Daddy Long Legs
12
Jean Webster
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
13
L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Avonlea (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Avonlea
14
L.M. Montgomery
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
15
S. E. Hinton
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
16
Charles Dickens
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
17
Miguel De Cervantes
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
18
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
19
Margaret Mitchell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
20
Leo Tolstoy
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
21
Gustave Flaubert
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
22
Louisa May Alcott
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
23
James Joyce
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
24
Henry James
Howard's End (Forster, E.M.)
Howard's End
25
Forster, E.M.
Random Harvest (James Hilton)
Random Harvest
26
James Hilton
My Dear Enemy (Jean Webster)
My Dear Enemy
27
Jean Webster
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
28
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
29
Mark Twain
The Wave (Todd Strasser)
The Wave
30
Todd Strasser
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare - Signet)
Much Ado About Nothing
31
Shakespeare - Signet
The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
32
Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
33
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
34
William Shakespeare
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
35
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
36
William Faulkner
100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
37
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
38
Gabriel García Márquez
Eva Luna (Chile)
Eva Luna (Chile)
39
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
40
Isabel Allende
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