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555 Great Works

This makes a fine collection of classics containing many great works of fiction and non-fiction. Regrettably I have only read a few dozen of them. Admittedly I have made some headway with 'In Search of Lost Time' but have failed repeatedly with 'Ulysses'. I can't see myself ever attempting 'Finnegans Wake'.
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Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
1
A.S. Byatt
Manon Lescaut (Abbé Prévost)
Manon Lescaut
2
Abbé Prévost
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
3
Adam Smith
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
4
Alan Hollinghurst
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
5
Alan Paton
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (Alan Sillitoe)
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
6
Alan Sillitoe
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
7
Albert Camus
The Rebel (Albert Camus)
The Rebel
8
Albert Camus
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Albert Einstein)
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
9
Albert Einstein
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
10
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago
11
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni, Trans. Bruce Penman)
The Betrothed
12
Alessandro Manzoni, Trans. Bruce Penman
The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope)
The Rape of the Lock
13
Alexander Pope
The Captain's Daughter (Alexander Pushkin)
The Captain's Daughter
14
Alexander Pushkin
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
15
Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
16
Alexandre Dumas
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
17
Alexis De Tocqueville
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
18
Alfred Döblin
Selected Stories (Alice Munro) (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
19
Alice Munro
Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems
20
Allen Ginsberg
The Palm-Wine Drinkard (Amos Tutuola)
The Palm-Wine Drinkard
21
Amos Tutuola
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
22
Amy Tan
The Counterfeiters (André Gide)
The Counterfeiters
23
André Gide
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
24
Anne Brontë
The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights
25
Anonymous
The Bhagavad Gita (Anonymous)
The Bhagavad Gita
26
Anonymous
The Song of Roland (Anonymous)
The Song of Roland
27
Anonymous
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
28
Anthony Burgess
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
29
Anthony Doerr
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
30
Anthony Powell
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
31
Anthony Trollope
The Last Chronicle of Barset (Anthony Trollope)
The Last Chronicle of Barset
32
Anthony Trollope
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
33
Anthony Trollope
Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
Oroonoko
34
Aphra Behn
The Worst Journey in the World (Apsley Cherry-Garrard)
The Worst Journey in the World
35
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
36
Aravind Adiga
The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
The Nicomachean Ethics
37
Aristotle
The Old Wives' Tale (Arnold Bennett)
The Old Wives' Tale
38
Arnold Bennett
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
39
Arthur C. Clarke
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
40
Arthur C. Clarke
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