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120 Timeless Books - Page 3

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 Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
81
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Mezzanine (Nicholson Baker)
The Mezzanine
82
Nicholson Baker
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
83
Nikolai Gogol
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
84
Norton Juster
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
85
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
86
Oscar Wilde
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
87
Ovid
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
88
Patricia Highsmith
Perfume (Patrick Süskind)
Perfume
89
Patrick Süskind
Voss (Patrick White)
Voss
90
Patrick White
Dialogues (Plato)
Dialogues
91
Plato
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
92
Ralph Ellison
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica
93
Richard Hughes
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
94
Roald Dahl
Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling)
Just So Stories
95
Rudyard Kipling
The Complete Poems of Sappho (Sappho)
The Complete Poems of Sappho
96
Sappho
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Silverstein, Shel)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
97
Silverstein, Shel
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
98
Sophocles
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
99
Stella Gibbons
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
100
Stendhal
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
101
Sylvia Plath
Schindler's Ark (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's Ark
102
Thomas Keneally
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
103
Thomas More
Cloudstreet (Tim Winton)
Cloudstreet
104
Tim Winton
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
105
Toni Morrison
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
106
Truman Capote
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
107
Umberto Eco
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
108
Upton Sinclair
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
109
Vikram Seth
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
110
Virgil
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
111
Virginia Woolf
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
112
Vladimir Nabokov
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
113
Voltaire
Zadig (Voltaire)
Zadig
114
Voltaire
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
115
Willa Cather
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
116
William Faulkner
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
117
William Golding
The Spire (William Golding)
The Spire
118
William Golding
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
119
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
120
William Shakespeare
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