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75 Highly Recommended Classic Books

This is a list of books, all published before the year 2000, that have been recommended to me and I have very much enjoyed. I'm sharing in the hope that you might enjoy them too.
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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
2
Erich Maria Remarque
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
3
Bret Easton Ellis
Arabian Nights' Entertainments (Anonymous)
Arabian Nights' Entertainments
4
Anonymous
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
5
Flann O'Brien
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
6
Kate Chopin
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
7
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
8
Toni Morrison
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
9
Sebastian Faulks
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
10
Charles Dickens
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
11
Aldous Huxley
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
12
Voltaire
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
13
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
14
J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
15
Anthony Burgess
The Colour Purple (Alice Walker)
The Colour Purple
16
Alice Walker
Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
Count of Monte Cristo
17
Alexander Dumas
Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
18
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
19
J. M. Coetzee
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
20
Miguel De Cervantes
Dracula – Bram Stoker
Dracula – Bram Stoker
21
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
22
James Joyce
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
23
Thomas Hardy
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
24
Mary Shelley
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
25
Arundhati Roy
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
26
Doris Lessing
Gone With the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
Gone With the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
27
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
28
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
29
Jonathan Swift
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
30
Margaret Atwood
The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
31
If on a Winters Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winters Night a Traveller
32
Italo Calvino
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
33
Ralph Ellison
Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea
Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea
34
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
35
Sir Walter Scott
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
36
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
37
Amy Tan
Last Orders (Graham Swift)
Last Orders
38
Graham Swift
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
39
Vladimir Nabokov
London Fields (Martin Amis)
London Fields
40
Martin Amis
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