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100 Must-Read Classic Books, as Chosen by Penguin Readers - Page 3

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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
81
Louisa May Alcott
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
82
Iris Murdoch
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
83
Mario Puzo
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
84
Franz Kafka
I Claudius (Graves)
I Claudius
85
Graves
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
86
J.M. Barrie
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
87
John Kennedy Toole
The Razor's Edge (Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
88
Somerset Maugham
Lark Rise to Candleford (Flora Thompson)
Lark Rise to Candleford
89
Flora Thompson
The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
90
Thomas Hardy
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
91
James Joyce
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
92
Joseph Conrad
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
93
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
94
Margaret Atwood
Suite Française (Irène Némorovsky)
Suite Française
95
Irène Némorovsky
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
96
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
What a Carve Up! (Jonathan Coe)
What a Carve Up!
97
Jonathan Coe
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
98
Robert Pirsig
White Nights (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
White Nights
99
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
100
Charles Dickens
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