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Alternative "Classics" : Books That Aren't on Most Lists of Classics, but Should Be

The title says it all: 100 books that are classics of their kind, but are seldom listed as such here. Our compiler arbitrarily set the list at 100 to keep it manageable, and limited himself to only 1 book per author.
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Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Dario Fo)
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
1
Dario Fo
Advise and Consent (Allen Drury)
Advise and Consent
2
Allen Drury
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
3
Robert Penn Warren
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
4
Anthony Doerr
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
5
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
6
Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock
7
Kenneth Fearing
The Big Nowhere
The Big Nowhere
8
Billiards at Half-Past Nine (Heinrich Böll)
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
9
Heinrich Böll
Bratsk Station (Yevgeny Yevtushenko)
Bratsk Station
10
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
11
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
12
Kurt Vonnegut
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
13
Ambler
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
14
Stella Gibbons
The Comedians (Graham Greene)
The Comedians
15
Graham Greene
Company (Samuel Beckett)
Company
16
Samuel Beckett
Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
Cosmicomics
17
Italo Calvino
The Country Wife (William Wycherley)
The Country Wife
18
William Wycherley
Dangling Man (Saul Bellow)
Dangling Man
19
Saul Bellow
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
20
Frederick Forsyth
Death of an Expert Witness (P.D. James)
Death of an Expert Witness
21
P.D. James
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
22
Ursula K. Le Guin
Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book
23
Willis
The Duchess of Malfi (John Webster)
The Duchess of Malfi
24
John Webster
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
25
Robert Silverberg
The Egyptian (Mika Waltari)
The Egyptian
26
Mika Waltari
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
27
Tom Wolfe
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
28
Philip K. Dick
From Russia With Love (Fleming)
From Russia With Love
29
Fleming
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement
30
Georg Büchner (Norton Critical Editions)
Georg Büchner
31
Norton Critical Editions
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
32
Peter Straub
The Glass Key (Dashiell Hammett)
The Glass Key
33
Dashiell Hammett
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go-Between
34
L.P. Hartley
The Greek Passion (Kazantzakis)
The Greek Passion
35
Kazantzakis
Hell House (Richard Marheson)
Hell House
36
Richard Marheson
House of Cards (Michael Dobbs)
House of Cards
37
Michael Dobbs
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Charles Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
38
Charles Yu
I Married a Dead Man
I Married a Dead Man
39
In the First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
In the First Circle
40
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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