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300 Classic Novels You Should Read

How many classic novels have you read? Here is a list of 300 of the most famous ones. This list may also help you find a new favorite! (There are a few books on this list that may not generally be considered classics, but fit well with the others, so I included them anyway.)
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100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
3
Jules Verne
The ABC Murders (Agatha Christie)
The ABC Murders
4
Agatha Christie
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
5
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
6
Virgil
Age of Innocence (Wharton, Edith)
Age of Innocence
7
Wharton, Edith
Agnes Grey (Anne Bronte)
Agnes Grey
8
Anne Bronte
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
9
Paulo Coelho
The Alexiad (Anna Comnena)
The Alexiad
10
Anna Comnena
Alice Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
11
Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
12
Lewis Carroll
Analects of Confucius
Analects of Confucius
13
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
14
Agatha Christie
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
15
George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
16
L.M. Montgomery
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
17
Leo Tolstoy
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
18
William Shakespeare
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
19
Jules Verne
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
20
Sun Tzu
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
21
William Shakespeare
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
22
Kate Chopin
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
23
Anthony Trollope
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
24
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beauty and the Beast (Gabrielle-Suzanna Barbot De Villenueve)
The Beauty and the Beast
25
Gabrielle-Suzanna Barbot De Villenueve
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
26
Sylvia Plath
Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur
27
Lew Wallace
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
28
Anonymous
BFG (Roald Dahl)
BFG
29
Roald Dahl
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
30
Anna Sewell
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
31
Charles Dickens
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
32
Markus Zusak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
33
Aldous Huxley
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
34
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Bulfinch's Mythology (Thomas Bulfinch)
Bulfinch's Mythology
35
Thomas Bulfinch
Call of Cthulhu
Call of Cthulhu
36
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
37
Jack London
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
38
Voltaire
Canterbury Tales (Coghill Trans.)
Canterbury Tales
39
Coghill Trans.
CARDS ON THE TABLE (AGATHA CHRISTIE)
CARDS ON THE TABLE
40
AGATHA CHRISTIE
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