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Best Books According to /Lit/ - Page 2

Taken from multiple 4chan /lit/ lists, this massive collection details all the books a bunch of random people (presumably mostly white, male, postsecondary-educated) people think are the greatest works of literature ever written.
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
41
Alexandre Dumas
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
42
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
43
Thomas Pynchon
Dandelion Wine
Dandelion Wine
44
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
45
Arthur Koestler
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
46
Nikolai Gogol
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
47
Willa Cather
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
48
Leo Tolstoy
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
49
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
50
Dante Alighieri
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
51
Philip K. Dick
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
52
Thomas Mann
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
53
Henrik Ibsen
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
54
Miguel De Cervantes
Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Xueqin)
Dream of the Red Chamber
55
Cao Xueqin
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
56
James Joyce
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
57
Frank Herbert
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
58
John Steinbeck
Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin
59
Everything Flows (Vasily Grossman)
Everything Flows
60
Vasily Grossman
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
61
Ray Bradbury
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
62
Albert Camus
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
63
Ernest Hemingway
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
64
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
65
Hunter S. Thompson
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
66
Jorge Luis Borges
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
67
Chuck Palahniuk
Finnegan's Wake
Finnegan's Wake
68
The Forged Coupon (Leo Tolstoy)
The Forged Coupon
69
Leo Tolstoy
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
70
Umberto Eco
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
71
J.D. Salinger
Giles Goat-Boy
Giles Goat-Boy
72
Glass Bead Game
Glass Bead Game
73
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
74
Pearl S. Buck
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
75
John Steinbeck
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
76
Thomas Pynchon
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
77
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hadji Murad (Leo Tolstoy)
Hadji Murad
78
Leo Tolstoy
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
79
William Shakespeare
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
80
J.K. Rowling
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