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100 Less Known Classic Books - Page 2

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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Grand Hotel (Vicky Baum)
Grand Hotel
41
Vicky Baum
The Guns of Navarone (Alistair MacLean)
The Guns of Navarone
42
Alistair MacLean
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
43
George Orwell
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
44
Julio Cortázar
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
45
Knut Hamsun
A Hunger Artist (Franz Kafka)
A Hunger Artist
46
Franz Kafka
The Ice Palace (Tarjei Vesaas)
The Ice Palace
47
Tarjei Vesaas
The Inheritors (Joseph Conrad & Ford Madox Ford)
The Inheritors
48
Joseph Conrad & Ford Madox Ford
Insatiability (Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz)
Insatiability
49
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
The Invincible (Stanislaw Lem)
The Invincible
50
Stanislaw Lem
Island (Aldous Huxley)
Island
51
Aldous Huxley
Italo Calvino: The Path to the Nest of Spiders
Italo Calvino: The Path to the Nest of Spiders
52
Kallocain (Karin Boye)
Kallocain
53
Karin Boye
The Lady of the Camellias
The Lady of the Camellias
54
Lassie Come Home (Eric Knight)
Lassie Come Home
55
Eric Knight
The Last Question (Isaac Asimov)
The Last Question
56
Isaac Asimov
Lie Down in Darkness (William Styron)
Lie Down in Darkness
57
William Styron
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
58
Laura Esquivel
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
59
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
60
Thomas Mann
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
61
John Fowles
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Walter Tevis)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
62
Walter Tevis
The Man Who Knew Too Much (G K Chesterton)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
63
G K Chesterton
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert a Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
64
Robert a Heinlein
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland (George Gamow)
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland
65
George Gamow
My Sweet Orange Tree (José Mauro De Vasconcelos)
My Sweet Orange Tree
66
José Mauro De Vasconcelos
The Mysterious Mr Quin (Agatha Christie)
The Mysterious Mr Quin
67
Agatha Christie
Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
68
Rainer Maria Rilke
Oblomov (Ivan Goncharov)
Oblomov
69
Ivan Goncharov
Ordeal by Innocence (Agatha Christie)
Ordeal by Innocence
70
Agatha Christie
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
71
Jerzy Kosinski
The Palace of Dreams (Ismail Kadare)
The Palace of Dreams
72
Ismail Kadare
The Passenger (Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz)
The Passenger
73
Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
Planet of the Apes (Pierre Boulle)
Planet of the Apes
74
Pierre Boulle
Polyanna
Polyanna
75
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas (Machado De Assis)
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
76
Machado De Assis
Radetzky March (Joseph Roth - Austria)
Radetzky March
77
Joseph Roth - Austria
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
78
Tom Stoppard
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih)
Season of Migration to the North
79
Tayeb Salih
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Thurber, James)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
80
Thurber, James
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