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100 Essential Penguin Classics - Page 2

Penguin Classics released a list on their blog of the 100 books they consider to be some of the most important in their collection. However, it appears only 97 books are posted (with the Joy Luck Club being posted twice). Enjoy!
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The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph and Other Stories
41
Jorge Luis Borges
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
42
Leo Tolstoy
East Goes West (Younghill Kang)
East Goes West
43
Younghill Kang
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (Pablo Neruda)
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
44
Pablo Neruda
Sixty Stories (Donald Barthelme)
Sixty Stories
45
Donald Barthelme
The Art of War (Sun-Tzu)
The Art of War
46
Sun-Tzu
The Hanging on Union Square (H. T. Tsiang)
The Hanging on Union Square
47
H. T. Tsiang
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
48
Alexandre Dumas
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
49
Mary Shelley
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
50
Thomas More
Lysistrata and Other Plays (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata and Other Plays
51
Aristophanes
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
52
Bram Stoker
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
53
Daniel Defoe
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
54
Lewis Carroll
The Last Days of Socrates (Plato)
The Last Days of Socrates
55
Plato
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
56
Arthur Miller
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
57
George Eliot
The Bhagavad Gita (Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa)
The Bhagavad Gita
58
Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
59
Jonathan Swift
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
60
Miguel De Cervantes
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
61
Saul Bellow
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
62
Geoffrey Chaucer
Pygmalion (Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
63
Bernard Shaw
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
64
Nella Larsen
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
65
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
66
Oscar Wilde
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
67
Charles Dickens
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
68
Gustave Flaubert
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
69
Herman Melville
Siddhartha (Herman Hesse)
Siddhartha
70
Herman Hesse
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
71
Ken Kesey
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
72
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
73
Murasaki Shikibu
The Communist Manifesto (Marx & Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
74
Marx & Engels
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
75
William Shakespeare
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
76
E.M. Forster
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
77
Robert Louis Stevenson
Personal Memoirs (Ulysses S. Grant)
Personal Memoirs
78
Ulysses S. Grant
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
79
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
80
Edith Wharton
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