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100 Must-Read Classic Novels

I know, I know, like we need another list on "classics." Well if I'm going to do every book I read in the 100 must-read series, have to do it, right? Also my BFF has either read or has on his TBR list about 75% of these books-if not more-so this is for you Jonny! There are a few titles that are different than many lists, so give it a try. P.S.-The entry for Chekhov is for Collected Stories, but since I couldn't find a book pic for something like that, chose the one I have listed as closest. & if you don't believe me about my BFF, check his list Jonathan's List of Awesome Books. It's under my username as he hadn't joined yet.
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
1
Louisa May Alcott
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
2
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
Eugenie Grandet (Honoré De Balzac)
Eugenie Grandet
4
Honoré De Balzac
The Old Wives' Tale (Arnold Bennett)
The Old Wives' Tale
5
Arnold Bennett
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
6
Elizabeth Bowen
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
7
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
8
Emily Brontë
The Way of All Flesh (Samuel Butler)
The Way of All Flesh
9
Samuel Butler
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
10
Albert Camus
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
11
Lewis Carroll
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
12
Willa Cather
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
13
Miguel De Cervantes
Stories: Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Stories: Anton Chekhov
14
Anton Chekhov
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
15
Kate Chopin
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
16
Wilkie Collins
Nostromo
Nostromo
17
Secret Agent
Secret Agent
18
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
19
Stephen Crane
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
20
Daniel Defoe
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
21
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
22
Charles Dickens
Sybil or the Two Nations
Sybil or the Two Nations
23
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
24
Alfred Döblin
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
25
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
26
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
27
Alexandre Dumas
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
28
George Eliot
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
29
George Eliot
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
30
William Faulkner
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
31
Henry Fielding
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
32
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
33
Gustave Flaubert
Effi Briest
Effi Briest
34
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
35
Ford Madox Ford
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
36
E.M. Forster
My Brilliant Career
My Brilliant Career
37
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
38
Elizabeth Gaskell
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
39
Stella Gibbons
New Grub Street (George Gissing)
New Grub Street
40
George Gissing
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