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50 Not Too Common Classics

These books tend to be obscure, or at least not widely read. Some more so than others. All are excellent books that are worth the effort to track down and read.
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Antonina (Wilkie Collins)
Antonina
1
Wilkie Collins
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
Three Men in a Boat
2
Jerome K. Jerome
The Immoralists (Andre Gide)
The Immoralists
3
Andre Gide
Djuna Barnes Nightwood
Djuna Barnes Nightwood
4
Cities of the Red Night (William S. Burroughs)
Cities of the Red Night
5
William S. Burroughs
Ubik (Philip K. Dick)
Ubik
6
Philip K. Dick
Uncle Silas (Sheridan Le Fanu)
Uncle Silas
7
Sheridan Le Fanu
McTeague (Frank Norris)
McTeague
8
Frank Norris
Edisto
Edisto
9
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
10
Vladimir Nabokov
Bad Man Ballad (Scott R. Sanders)
Bad Man Ballad
11
Scott R. Sanders
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
12
Émile Zola
King Coal (Upton Sinclair)
King Coal
13
Upton Sinclair
Araminta Station (Jack Vance)
Araminta Station
14
Jack Vance
Women and Men (Joseph McElroy)
Women and Men
15
Joseph McElroy
The Dying Earth (Jack Vance)
The Dying Earth
16
Jack Vance
The Last Man (Mary Shelley)
The Last Man
17
Mary Shelley
Roughing It (Mark Twain)
Roughing It
18
Mark Twain
The Day of the Locust & Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust & Miss Lonelyhearts
19
Nathanael West
The Golden Ass (Apuleius)
The Golden Ass
20
Apuleius
Green Mars
Green Mars
21
The Dead Father (Donald Barthelme)
The Dead Father
22
Donald Barthelme
Dhalgren (Samuel R Delany)
Dhalgren
23
Samuel R Delany
The Book of the New Sun Series (Gene Wolfe)
The Book of the New Sun Series
24
Gene Wolfe
Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Red Mars
25
Kim Stanley Robinson
Blue Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Blue Mars
26
Kim Stanley Robinson
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
27
J.G. Ballard
Operation Shylock
Operation Shylock
28
The Castle Keeps (Andrew J. Offutt)
The Castle Keeps
29
Andrew J. Offutt
Titus Groan (Mervyn Peake)
Titus Groan
30
Mervyn Peake
Carmilla (Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
31
Sheridan Le Fanu
Njal's Saga (Anonymous)
Njal's Saga
32
Anonymous
Gateway (Frederick Pohl)
Gateway
33
Frederick Pohl
Earth Abides
Earth Abides
34
A Place on Earth
A Place on Earth
35
River of Earth (James Still)
River of Earth
36
James Still
Taps for Private Tussie (Jesse Stuart)
Taps for Private Tussie
37
Jesse Stuart
Divine Rights Trip
Divine Rights Trip
38
Armadale (Penguin Classics)
Armadale
39
Penguin Classics
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
40
Ford Madox Ford
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