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100 Fundamental Books to Read

My list of 100 classic books that always wanted to read. The list was made by me with the help of my University's professors.
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Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
1
Homer
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
2
Homer
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
3
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
4
Edith Wharton
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
5
John Steinbeck
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
6
Marcel Proust
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
7
Edgar Allan Poe
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
8
Jules Verne
Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
9
Mark Twain
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
10
Leo Tolstoy
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
11
Sophocles
Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
12
Anonymous
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
13
Voltaire
Stories: Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Stories: Anton Chekhov
14
Anton Chekhov
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
15
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Decamerone (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Decamerone
16
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
17
Dante's Divine Comedy
Dante's Divine Comedy
18
Dom Casmurro (Machado De Assis)
Dom Casmurro
19
Machado De Assis
Dom Quixote (Cervantes)
Dom Quixote
20
Cervantes
Dr. Jekyll Ile Bay Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll Ile Bay Hyde
21
Robert Louis Stevenson
Le Pere Goriot
Le Pere Goriot
22
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
23
William Makepeace Thackeray
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
24
Mary Shelley
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
25
Charles Dickens
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
26
Leo Tolstoy
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
27
William Shakespeare
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
28
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
29
Vladimir Nabokov
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
30
Charlotte Bronte
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
31
Thomas Hardy
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
32
Gustave Flaubert
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
33
Franz Kafka
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
34
Harper Lee
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
35
Herman Melville
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
36
Daniel Defoe
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
37
Virginia Woolf
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
38
Louisa May Alcott
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
39
Alexandre Dumas
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
40
Victor Hugo
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