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Absolute Favorite Novels (Not Kidding)

I sometimes think I ought to reread all of these, but that said, there are so many other books to read. We'll see, I guess. Happy reading!
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To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
1
Virginia Woolf
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
2
Leo Tolstoy
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
3
Thomas Hardy
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
4
William Faulkner
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
5
Edith Wharton
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
The Golden Bowl
6
Henry James
Don Quijote De La Mancha (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quijote De La Mancha
7
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
8
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
9
Daphne Du Maurier
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
10
Andy Weir
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
11
Virginia Woolf
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
12
Leo Tolstoy
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
13
Thomas Hardy
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
14
William Faulkner
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
15
Edith Wharton
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
16
Henry James
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
17
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
18
Virginia Woolf
The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
19
Thomas Hardy
Go Down, Moses (William Faulkner)
Go Down, Moses
20
William Faulkner
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
21
Edith Wharton
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller
22
Henry James
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
23
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
24
Virginia Woolf
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
25
Thomas Hardy
Sartoris (William Faulkner)
Sartoris
26
William Faulkner
The Aspern Papers (Henry James)
The Aspern Papers
27
Henry James
Jacob's Room (Virginia Woolf)
Jacob's Room
28
Virginia Woolf
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
29
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
30
Mary Shelley
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
31
Frank Herbert
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
32
Charles Dickens
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
33
Jonathan Swift
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
34
Italo Calvino
In Dubious Battle (John Steinbeck)
In Dubious Battle
35
John Steinbeck
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
36
Ralph Ellison
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
37
Sinclair Lewis
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
38
Charlotte Bronte
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
39
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
40
Herman Melville
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