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100 Great Novels by Dead Authors

This list was posted on the Medium website by Blair Mahoney, who is the editor of Poem of the Day on that site. It is a companion challenge to "100 Great Novels By Living Authors". Each book has a 10-20 line summary which could help you decide whether the book is worth reading.
The source list seems quite up-to-date, taking into account the recent death of Philip Roth in 2018.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
3
Lewis Carroll
All About H. Hatterr (G.V. Desani)
All About H. Hatterr
4
G.V. Desani
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
5
Erich Maria Remarque
An Innocent Gentleman (Elizabeth Jolley)
An Innocent Gentleman
6
Elizabeth Jolley
The Assistant (Robert Walser)
The Assistant
7
Robert Walser
At the Mountains of Madness (H. P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
8
H. P. Lovecraft
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
9
Flann O'Brien
The Bachelor of Arts (R.K. Narayan)
The Bachelor of Arts
10
R.K. Narayan
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
11
Sylvia Plath
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
12
Raymond Chandler
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
13
Charles Dickens
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
14
Aldous Huxley
By Night in Chile (Roberto Bolano)
By Night in Chile
15
Roberto Bolano
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
16
Voltaire
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
17
Joseph Heller
The Chronicles of Amber
The Chronicles of Amber
18
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
19
Anthony Burgess
Creation: A Novel (Gore Vidal)
Creation: A Novel
20
Gore Vidal
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
21
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dangling Man (Saul Bellow)
Dangling Man
22
Saul Bellow
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
23
Arthur Koestler
The Day of the Owl (Leonardo Sciascia)
The Day of the Owl
24
Leonardo Sciascia
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
25
John Wyndham
Dictionary of the Khazars (Milorad Pavić)
Dictionary of the Khazars
26
Milorad Pavić
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
27
Philip K. Dick
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quixote
28
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
Erewhon (Samuel Butler)
Erewhon
29
Samuel Butler
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway - 1929)
A Farewell to Arms
30
Ernest Hemingway - 1929
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
31
Ivan Turgenev
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
32
Mary Shelley
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
33
Ford Madox Ford
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
Goodbye to Berlin
34
Christopher Isherwood
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
35
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
36
Jonathan Swift
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
37
Evelyn Waugh
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
38
Joseph Conrad
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
39
Graham Greene
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
40
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