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300 Literary Works, 300 Authors

Here are 300 "literary" works of fiction, poetry, and theater that I recommend by 300 different authors. I don't really like the word "literary," because it doesn't mean much, but I use it here just to make a distinction between these works and the genre fiction I put in an earlier list.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Please Look After Mom (Kyung-Sook Shin)
Please Look After Mom
2
Kyung-Sook Shin
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse (Louise Erdrich)
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
3
Louise Erdrich
The Real Thing (Tom Stoppard)
The Real Thing
4
Tom Stoppard
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
5
Barbara Kingsolver
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset)
Kristin Lavransdatter
6
Sigrid Undset
The Shipping News (Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
7
Annie Proulx
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
8
Voltaire
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
9
Joseph Heller
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
10
Fannie Flagg
Beartown (Fredrik Backman)
Beartown
11
Fredrik Backman
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
12
John Irving
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
13
Elizabeth Strout
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
14
Charlotte Brontë
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
15
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
16
Thomas Hardy
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
17
Isabel Allende
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
18
Gabriel García Marquez
Waiting (Ha Jin)
Waiting
19
Ha Jin
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
20
Charles Dickens
Little Fires Everywhere (Ng, Celeste)
Little Fires Everywhere
21
Ng, Celeste
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
22
Louisa May Alcott
Fences (August Wilson)
Fences
23
August Wilson
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
24
Richard Wright
A Song for Summer (Eva Ibbotson)
A Song for Summer
25
Eva Ibbotson
Blankets (Craig Thompson)
Blankets
26
Craig Thompson
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
27
Emily St John Mandel
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
28
Walt Whitman
The Bottoms (Joe R. Lansdale)
The Bottoms
29
Joe R. Lansdale
Roald Dahl Omnibus, The: Perfect Bedtime Stories for Sleepless Nights (Roald Dahl)
Roald Dahl Omnibus, The: Perfect Bedtime Stories for Sleepless Nights
30
Roald Dahl
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
31
Amor Towles
Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)
Galapagos
32
Kurt Vonnegut
The Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)
The Uncommon Reader
33
Alan Bennett
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
34
Flannery O'Connor
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
35
Alice Walker
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
36
Homer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
37
Edward Albee
Collected Poems by Robert Frost
Collected Poems by Robert Frost
38
Lady Windermere's Fan (Oscar Wilde)
Lady Windermere's Fan
39
Oscar Wilde
The Sea Wolf (Jack London)
The Sea Wolf
40
Jack London
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