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40 Classics to Be Read

Building on my list of 40 classics I have read, here are 40 I would like to. Defining exactly which books are classics and which aren't is difficult, so I've used my own judgment. Feel free to help me pick my next one by voting, so I know which more people feel are worth the time.
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Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
1
James Baldwin
The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Stories (Oscar Wilde)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Stories
2
Oscar Wilde
The Black Unicorn (Audre Lorde)
The Black Unicorn
3
Audre Lorde
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
4
Toni Morrison
Christopher and His Kind (Christopher Isherwood)
Christopher and His Kind
5
Christopher Isherwood
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
6
Anthony Burgess
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
7
Alice Walker
Confusion (Stefan Zweig)
Confusion
8
Stefan Zweig
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
9
Alexandre Dumas
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
10
Henrik Ibsen
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
11
Bram Stoker
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
12
Daniel Keyes
Flush (Virginia Woolf)
Flush
13
Virginia Woolf
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
14
James Baldwin
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
15
Shirley Jackson
The Hearing Trumpet (Leonora Carrington)
The Hearing Trumpet
16
Leonora Carrington
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
17
Maya Angelou
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
18
Anne Rice
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
19
Charlotte Bronte
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
20
Octavia E. Butler
The Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
21
J. R. R. Tolkien
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
22
William Shakespeare
The Midwich Cuckoos (John Wyndham)
The Midwich Cuckoos
23
John Wyndham
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground
24
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Olivia (Dorothy Strachey)
Olivia
25
Dorothy Strachey
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
26
Virginia Woolf
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
27
Albert Camus
The Price of Salt (Patricia Highsmith)
The Price of Salt
28
Patricia Highsmith
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
29
Daphne Du Maurier
Rubyfruit Jungle (Rita Mae Brown)
Rubyfruit Jungle
30
Rita Mae Brown
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
31
Yukio Mishima
The Swimming Pool Library (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Swimming Pool Library
32
Alan Hollinghurst
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
33
Harper Lee
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
34
Franz Kafka
Two Virgins in the Attic (Nobuko Yoshiya)
Two Virgins in the Attic
35
Nobuko Yoshiya
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
36
Virginia Woolf
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
37
Shirley Jackson
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
38
Emily Bronte
The Years (Virginia Woolf)
The Years
39
Virginia Woolf
Zami (Audre Lorde)
Zami
40
Audre Lorde
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