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100 Less Known Classic Books

These are the books that I don't often see on other lists of classics. Of course there are more, these are just the ones I'm aware of. I've included a lot of books which were not originally written in English. Have you heard of these books? Have you read them?
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The Adolescent (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Adolescent
1
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph and Other Stories
2
Jorge Luis Borges
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
3
Philip Roth
An Apprenticeship or the Book of Pleasures (Clarice Lispector)
An Apprenticeship or the Book of Pleasures
4
Clarice Lispector
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
5
James Baldwin
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
6
John O'Hara
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
Arcadia
7
Tom Stoppard
Arsene Lupin Gentleman Thief
Arsene Lupin Gentleman Thief
8
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
9
Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman
The Black Tulip (Alexandre Dumas)
The Black Tulip
10
Alexandre Dumas
The Blind Side (Patricia Wentworth)
The Blind Side
11
Patricia Wentworth
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
12
José Saramago
The Blue Castle (L.M. Montgomery)
The Blue Castle
13
L.M. Montgomery
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
14
Françoise Sagan
The Burrow and Other Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Burrow and Other Stories
15
Franz Kafka
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
16
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Chess Story (Stefan Zweig)
Chess Story
17
Stefan Zweig
Coming Up for Air (George Orwell)
Coming Up for Air
18
George Orwell
The Confession of a Child of the Century (Alfred De Musset)
The Confession of a Child of the Century
19
Alfred De Musset
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
20
Elizabeth Gaskell
Death of Beautiful Roebucks (Ota Pavel)
Death of Beautiful Roebucks
21
Ota Pavel
The Diary of a Nobody (George and Weedon Grossmith)
The Diary of a Nobody
22
George and Weedon Grossmith
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
23
Boris Pasternak
The Doll (Bolesław Prus)
The Doll
24
Bolesław Prus
The Door With Seven Locks (Edgar Wallace)
The Door With Seven Locks
25
Edgar Wallace
Einstein's Dreams (Switzerland)
Einstein's Dreams (Switzerland)
26
Embers (Sándor Márai)
Embers
27
Sándor Márai
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
28
Graham Greene
The End of Eternity (Isaac Asimov)
The End of Eternity
29
Isaac Asimov
The Eternal Husband (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Eternal Husband
30
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A Fairly Honorable Defeat (Iris Murdoch)
A Fairly Honorable Defeat
31
Iris Murdoch
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
32
Albert Camus
Fifth Business (Robertson Davies)
Fifth Business
33
Robertson Davies
Flatland (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland
34
Edwin A. Abbott
The Floating Admiral (1931)
The Floating Admiral (1931)
35
The Four Feathers (A. E. W. Mason)
The Four Feathers
36
A. E. W. Mason
Frankenstein in Baghdad (Ahmed Saadawi)
Frankenstein in Baghdad
37
Ahmed Saadawi
The Gambler (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Gambler
38
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Good Morning Midnight (Jean Rhys)
Good Morning Midnight
39
Jean Rhys
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
Goodbye to Berlin
40
Christopher Isherwood
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