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Best Classics Books

In my opinion the best classics books (a list including Francis Scott Fitzgerald's, Jane Austen's, and George Orwell's masterpieces)
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The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
1
William Shakespeare
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
2
William Shakespeare
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
4
F. Scott Fitzgerald
An Inspector Calls (J.B. Priestley)
An Inspector Calls
5
J.B. Priestley
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
6
Samuel Beckett
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
7
Lewis Carroll
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
8
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
9
J.D. Salinger
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
10
Thomas Hardy
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
11
Thomas Hardy
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
12
Mary Shelley
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
13
Matthew Lewis
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
14
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
15
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
16
Charlotte Bronte
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
17
Oscar Wilde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
18
Robert Louis Stevenson
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
19
Charles Dickens
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
20
Wilkie Collins
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
21
Jack Kerouac
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
22
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
23
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tales of the Jazz Age (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tales of the Jazz Age
24
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
25
Allen Ginsberg
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
26
Bram Stoker
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
27
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
28
James Joyce
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
29
Horace Walpole
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
30
Washington Irving
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
31
William Golding
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
32
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
33
John Milton
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
34
H.G. Wells
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
35
Jack London
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
36
Jon Krakauer
Martin Eden (Jack London)
Martin Eden
37
Jack London
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
38
Emily Bronte
Tales of the Marvelous and News of the Strange (Malcolm C. Lyons)
Tales of the Marvelous and News of the Strange
39
Malcolm C. Lyons
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
40
Charles Dickens
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