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100 Classics to Read Now

Here are one hundred popular classics. Many of these are not the same tired classics you see featured on every other classics list.
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Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
1
Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
2
Ayn Rand
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
3
Thomas More
Wives and Daughters (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Wives and Daughters
4
Elizabeth Gaskell
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
5
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Screwtape Letters (Lewis, C.S.)
Screwtape Letters
6
Lewis, C.S.
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
7
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Little Men (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Men
8
Louisa May Alcott
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
9
Dodie Smith
Anne of Windy Poplars (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Windy Poplars
10
L.M. Montgomery
Little Dorrit (Charles Darwin)
Little Dorrit
11
Charles Darwin
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
Tuck Everlasting
12
Natalie Babbitt
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
13
Norton Juster
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
14
Charles Dickens
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
15
J.R.R. Tolkien
My Cousin Rachel (Daphne Du Maurier)
My Cousin Rachel
16
Daphne Du Maurier
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
17
Scott O'Dell
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
The Neverending Story
18
Michael Ende
Maurice (E M Forster)
Maurice
19
E M Forster
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
20
Lorraine Hansberry
Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee)
Go Set a Watchman
21
Harper Lee
Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
Mythology
22
Edith Hamilton
The Professor (Charlotte Brontë)
The Professor
23
Charlotte Brontë
The Old Curiosity Shop (Charles Dickens)
The Old Curiosity Shop
24
Charles Dickens
Robin Hood (Pyle)
Robin Hood
25
Pyle
Jamaica Inn (Daphne Du Maurier)
Jamaica Inn
26
Daphne Du Maurier
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
27
William Faulkner
The Mysterious Island (Jules Verne)
The Mysterious Island
28
Jules Verne
Daddy-Long-Legs (Jean Webster)
Daddy-Long-Legs
29
Jean Webster
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
30
J.D. Salinger
The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
The Red Pony
31
John Steinbeck
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories
32
Herodotus
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
33
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
Confessions (St. Augustine)
Confessions
34
St. Augustine
A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin)
A Wizard of Earthsea
35
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Blue Castle (L.M. Montgomery)
The Blue Castle
36
L.M. Montgomery
The Last Unicorn (Peter S. Beagle)
The Last Unicorn
37
Peter S. Beagle
Old Yeller (Fred Gipson)
Old Yeller
38
Fred Gipson
Travels With Charley in Search of America (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley in Search of America
39
John Steinbeck
Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)
Till We Have Faces
40
C.S. Lewis
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