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120 Timeless Books

Many of these books already have achieved timeless status by virtue of their influence on later generations of writers and on Western thought in general, e.g. the works of Homer and Plato. Others I have found are frequently referred to in contemporary works. And a handful or two are books that, having read them myself, I feel deserve this special status through the insights they provide and the quality of their writing.
I imposed a limit of two books per author.
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The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia
1
Aeschylus
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
2
Albert Camus
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
3
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Eugene Onegin (Alexander Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
4
Alexander Pushkin
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
5
Alice Walker
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
6
Anne Frank
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
7
Anonymous
The Book of Job (Anonymous)
The Book of Job
8
Anonymous
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
9
Anonymous
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
10
Anthony Burgess
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
11
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Five Plays (Anton Chekhov)
Five Plays
12
Anton Chekhov
Clouds (Aristophanes)
Clouds
13
Aristophanes
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
14
Aristophanes
The Abolition of Man (C.S. Lewis)
The Abolition of Man
15
C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
16
C.S. Lewis
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
17
Carson McCullers
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
18
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
19
Charles Dickens
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
20
Chinua Achebe
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star
21
Clarice Lispector
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
22
Daniel Defoe
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
23
Dante Alighieri
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
24
E.B. White
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
25
Emily Brontë
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
26
Ernest Hemingway
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
27
Euripides
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
28
Evelyn Waugh
The New Atlantis (Francis Bacon)
The New Atlantis
29
Francis Bacon
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
30
Franz Kafka
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
31
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
32
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
33
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
34
Gabriel García Márquez
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
35
George Bernard Shaw
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
36
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
The Pilgrim Hawk (Glenway Wescott)
The Pilgrim Hawk
37
Glenway Wescott
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
The Third Man
38
Graham Greene
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
39
Günter Grass
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
40
Gustave Flaubert
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