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A Diverse Look at Literature

One book per author. Each of the writer's works listed below have cemented their legacy as one of the important works in literature. How many have you read?
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
2
Roberto Bolano
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3
Mark Twain
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
4
Bret Easton Ellis
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
5
Agatha Christie
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
6
Sylvia Plath
Blindness (Jose Saramago)
Blindness
7
Jose Saramago
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCartney)
Blood Meridian
8
Cormac McCartney
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
9
Fernando Pessoa
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
10
Aldous Huxley
The Call of Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu
11
H.P. Lovecraft
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
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
16
John Kennedy Toole
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
17
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
18
Mark Haddon
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
19
Nikolai Gogol
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
20
Arthur Miller
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
21
Dante Alighieri
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
22
Philip K. Dick
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
23
Miguel De Cervantes
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
24
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
25
Bram Stoker
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
26
Frank Herbert
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
27
Ray Bradbury
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
28
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
29
Hunter S. Thompson
Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Fictions
30
Jorge Luis Borges
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
31
Chuck Palahniuk
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
32
Mary Shelley
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
33
Thomas Pynchon
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
34
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
35
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ham on Rye (Charles Bukowski)
Ham on Rye
36
Charles Bukowski
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
37
William Shakespeare
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
38
Margaret Atwood
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
39
J. K. Rowling
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
40
Joseph Conrad
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