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100 Great Novels by Dead Authors - Page 2

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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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
41
Douglas Adams
Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
Hopscotch
42
Julio Cortazar
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star
43
Clarice Lispector
I for Isobel (Amy Witting)
I for Isobel
44
Amy Witting
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
45
Italo Calvino
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
46
Charlotte Brontë
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
47
Jules Verne
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
48
D. H. Lawrence
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
49
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
50
Laurence Sterne
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
51
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
52
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lucky Jim (Jim Dixon)
Lucky Jim
53
Jim Dixon
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
54
Gustave Flaubert
The Magic Toyshop (Angela Carter)
The Magic Toyshop
55
Angela Carter
The Man Who Loved Children (Christina Stead)
The Man Who Loved Children
56
Christina Stead
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
57
Robert Musil
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
58
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
59
Virginia Woolf
My Brilliant Career (Miles Franklin)
My Brilliant Career
60
Miles Franklin
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
61
John Steinbeck
The Once and Future King (T. H. White)
The Once and Future King
62
T. H. White
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
63
Gabriel García Márquez
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
64
Albert Camus
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
65
Vladimir Nabokov
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
66
E.M. Forster
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
67
Juan Rulfo
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
68
Jane Austen
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
69
Philip Roth
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
70
Muriel Spark
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
71
James Hogg
The Radetzky March (Joseph Roth)
The Radetzky March
72
Joseph Roth
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
73
Richard Yates
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
74
Daniel Defoe
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
75
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Season of the Jew (Maurice Shadbolt)
Season of the Jew
76
Maurice Shadbolt
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (T.E. Lawrence)
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
77
T.E. Lawrence
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
78
Paul Bowles
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
79
George Eliot
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
80
Kurt Vonnegut
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