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A Literature Professor Lists 100 Best Works of Fiction - Page 2

A literature professor was kind enough to share a list of what she considers 100 best works of fiction - roughly in order. How many have you read?
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Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
41
Salman Rushdie
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
42
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
43
Laurence Sterne
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
44
Samuel Richardson
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
45
Ian McEwan
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
46
Charlotte Bronte
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
47
Kate Chopin
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
48
Willa Cather
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
49
Vikram Seth
The Tortoise and the Hare (Elizabeth Jenkins)
The Tortoise and the Hare
50
Elizabeth Jenkins
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
51
Kazuo Ishiguro
Jacob's Room (Virginia Woolf)
Jacob's Room
52
Virginia Woolf
Framley Parsonage (Anthony Trollope)
Framley Parsonage
53
Anthony Trollope
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
54
George Eliot
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
55
Jane Austen
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
56
Muriel Spark
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
57
Henry James
Quicksand (Nella Larsen)
Quicksand
58
Nella Larsen
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
59
D. H. Lawrence
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
60
V.S. Naipaul
Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson)
Snow Falling on Cedars
61
David Guterson
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
62
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
63
Jane Austen
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
64
Charles Dickens
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
65
Vladimir Nabokov
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
66
Leo Tolstoy
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
67
Charles Dickens
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
68
Michael Cunningham
Staying On
Staying On
69
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (Julia Strachey)
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
70
Julia Strachey
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
71
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters
72
Junichiro Tanizaki
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
73
Charles Dickens
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
74
Gabriel García Márquez
On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan)
On Chesil Beach
75
Ian McEwan
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
76
Jane Austen
Love in a Cold Climate (Nancy Mitford)
Love in a Cold Climate
77
Nancy Mitford
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
78
Anne Brontë
The Spoils of Poynton (Henry James)
The Spoils of Poynton
79
Henry James
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
80
Oscar Wilde
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