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A Business Professor Rediscovers Literature

In the summer of 2016, I rediscovered my love of novels that had been dulled by years of grad school. Since then I have been working through several "best books" lists. These are the novels I have read since then.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
2
Jane Austen
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
3
Thomas Hardy
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
4
Kazuo Ishiguro
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
5
Virginia Woolf
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
6
Kazuo Ishiguro
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock
7
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
8
Ian McEwan
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
9
E.M. Forster
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
10
Jane Austen
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
11
George Orwell
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
12
Thomas Hardy
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
13
Ford Madox Ford
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
14
George Eliot
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
15
Graham Greene
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
16
Jean Rhys
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
17
Anthony Trollope
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
18
Virginia Woolf
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
19
Charles Dickens
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
20
Hilary Mantel
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
21
Kingsley Amis
The Man of Property
The Man of Property
22
In Chancery (John Galsworthy)
In Chancery
23
John Galsworthy
To Let (John Galsworthy)
To Let
24
John Galsworthy
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
25
Julian Barnes
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
Small Island
26
Andrea Levy
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
27
Graham Greene
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
28
W. Somerset Maugham
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
29
V.S. Naipaul
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
30
Daniel Defoe
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
31
Muriel Spark
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
32
A.S. Byatt
The Little Stranger (Sarah Waters)
The Little Stranger
33
Sarah Waters
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
34
D.H. Lawrence
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
35
Zadie Smith
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
36
Lewis Carroll
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
37
Wilkie Collins
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
38
Charles Dickens
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
39
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Two Towers
40
J.R.R. Tolkien
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