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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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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
81
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
82
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
83
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
84
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
85
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
86
J.K. Rowling
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
87
Joseph Conrad
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler
88
Henrik Ibsen
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
89
Douglas Adams
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
90
J.R.R. Tolkien
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
91
Julio Cortázar
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
92
Knut Hamsun
I Am a Cat
I Am a Cat
93
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
94
Fyodor Dostoevsky
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
95
Italo Calvino
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
96
Homer
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
97
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
98
Marcel Proust
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
99
David Foster Wallace
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
100
Italo Calvino
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
101
Ralph Ellison
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
Invitation to a Beheading
102
Vladimir Nabokov
Ironweed (William Kennedy)
Ironweed
103
William Kennedy
Jerusalem (Alan Moore)
Jerusalem
104
Alan Moore
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
105
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Jr (William Gaddis)
Jr
106
William Gaddis
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
107
Haruki Murakami
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
108
William Shakespeare
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
Kokoro
109
Natsume Soseki
Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape
110
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
111
Walt Whitman
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
112
Victor Hugo
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
113
Laurence Sterne
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
114
William Faulkner
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
115
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
116
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
117
J.R.R. Tolkien
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
118
William Shakespeare
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
119
Gustave Flaubert
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
120
Thomas Mann
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