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Alternative "Classics" : Books That Aren't on Most Lists of Classics, but Should Be - Page 2

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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In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
41
Hughes
The Informer (Liam O'flaherty)
The Informer
42
Liam O'flaherty
The Inspector (Jan De Hartog)
The Inspector
43
Jan De Hartog
The Inspector General (Gogol)
The Inspector General
44
Gogol
The Ipcress File (Len Deighton)
The Ipcress File
45
Len Deighton
The Killer (Ionesco)
The Killer
46
Ionesco
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
47
Michael Shaara
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elizabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
48
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Last Hurrah (Edwin O'Connor)
The Last Hurrah
49
Edwin O'Connor
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
50
Raymond Chandler
The Long Ships (Bengtsson)
The Long Ships
51
Bengtsson
The Lost Weekend
The Lost Weekend
52
The Lower Depths (Maxim Gorky)
The Lower Depths
53
Maxim Gorky
Maigret and the Man on the Bench (Georges Simenon)
Maigret and the Man on the Bench
54
Georges Simenon
Make Room! Make Room!
Make Room! Make Room!
55
Manhattan Transfer (John Dos Passos)
Manhattan Transfer
56
John Dos Passos
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
Man's Fate
57
André Malraux
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Master of Ballantrae
58
Robert Louis Stevenson
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
Melmoth the Wanderer
59
Charles Maturin
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof (Jiri Weil)
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof
60
Jiri Weil
The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos
61
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
62
Heinlein
The Name of the Rose (Eco)
The Name of the Rose
63
Eco
Nightmare Alley (William Lindsay Gresham)
Nightmare Alley
64
William Lindsay Gresham
No Blade of Grass (John Christopher)
No Blade of Grass
65
John Christopher
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
66
Cormac McCarthy
No-Man's Land (Pinter)
No-Man's Land
67
Pinter
Northwest Passage (Kenneth Roberts)
Northwest Passage
68
Kenneth Roberts
The Ox-Bow Incident (Clark, Walter Van Tilburg)
The Ox-Bow Incident
69
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
70
Jerzy Kosinski
Paterson (William Carlos Williams)
Paterson
71
William Carlos Williams
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition
72
William Gibson
POP.1280 (Jim Thompson)
POP.1280
73
Jim Thompson
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
74
Stendhal
The Revolt of Gunner Asch (Hans Hellmut Kirst)
The Revolt of Gunner Asch
75
Hans Hellmut Kirst
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
76
Ira Levin
The Ruling Class (Barnes)
The Ruling Class
77
Barnes
Sandman (Gaiman)
Sandman
78
Gaiman
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
79
Alan Sillitoe
Scaramouche (Rafael Sabatini)
Scaramouche
80
Rafael Sabatini
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