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250 Books Goodreads Calls Classics

Goodreads members regular shelve these following books as classics. Do you agree with that assessment? More importantly, how many of these books have you actually read? Take this sizeable challenge and if you've read even just one hundred of them I guess you have bragging rights.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
3
Harper Lee
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
4
Charlotte Bronte
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
5
George Orwell
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
6
Emily Bronte
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
7
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
8
J.D. Salinger
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
9
Oscar Wilde
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
10
Louisa May Alcott
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
11
Mary Shelley
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
12
John Steinbeck
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
13
William Shakespeare
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
14
William Golding
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
15
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
16
Jane Austen
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
17
Ray Bradbury
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
18
Bram Stoker
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
19
Charles Dickens
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
20
Jane Austen
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
21
Charles Dickens
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
22
Mark Twain
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
23
Leo Tolstoy
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
24
Homer
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
25
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
26
Aldous Huxley
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
27
Alexandre Dumas
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
28
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
29
William Shakespeare
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
30
Charles Dickens
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
31
J.R.R. Tolkien
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
32
William Shakespeare
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
33
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
34
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
35
Victor Hugo
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
36
Ernest Hemingway
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
37
Jane Austen
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
38
L.M. Montgomery
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
39
Anne Frank
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
40
Mark Twain
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