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120 Timeless Books - Page 2

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 Time Machine (H. G. Wells)
The Time Machine
41
H. G. Wells
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
42
H.G. Wells
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Complete Fairy Tales
43
Hans Christian Andersen
The World I Live in (Helen Keller)
The World I Live In
44
Helen Keller
Peer Gynt (Henrik Ibsen)
Peer Gynt
45
Henrik Ibsen
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
46
Herman Melville
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
47
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
48
Homer
Old Man Goriot (Honoré De Balzacm Trans. Olivia McCannon)
Old Man Goriot
49
Honoré De Balzacm Trans. Olivia McCannon
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
50
Ian McEwan
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
51
Ivan Turgenev
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
52
J.D. Salinger
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians
53
J.M. Coetzee
The Double Helix (James D. Watson)
The Double Helix
54
James D. Watson
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
55
James Joyce
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
56
Jane Austen
The Misanthrope (Jean-Baptiste Moliere)
The Misanthrope
57
Jean-Baptiste Moliere
Sexing the Cherry (Jeanette Winterson)
Sexing the Cherry
58
Jeanette Winterson
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
59
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
60
John Kennedy Toole
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
61
John Steinbeck
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley
62
John Steinbeck
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
63
John Williams
Nausea (John-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
64
John-Paul Sartre
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal
65
Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
66
Jonathan Swift
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
67
Jorge Luis Borges
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
68
Joseph Conrad
The Secret River (Kate Grenville)
The Secret River
69
Kate Grenville
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
70
Kazuo Ishiguro
Wake in Fright (Kenneth Cook)
Wake in Fright
71
Kenneth Cook
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
72
L.M. Montgomery
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
73
Leo Tolstoy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
74
Lewis Carroll
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
75
Mark Twain
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
76
Mikhail Bulgakov
A Hero of Our Time (Mikhail Lermontov, Trans. Natasha Randall)
A Hero of Our Time
77
Mikhail Lermontov, Trans. Natasha Randall
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
78
Milan Kundera
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
79
Min Jin Lee
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
80
Nevil Shute
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