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Book Lovers' Great Big List of Classics

No Homer. No Dostoyevsky. 300 novels, short story collections, and plays written in English. Something for everyone: some bursting with literary merit, others simply much loved. A bit arbitrary like all such lists. With luck you'll have read some and might be inspired to read others.
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4.50 From Paddington (Agatha Christie)
4.50 From Paddington
1
Agatha Christie
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
2
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
4
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
5
Edith Wharton
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
6
Lawrence Durrell
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
7
Margaret Atwood
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
8
Lewis Carroll
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
9
Robert Penn Warren
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
10
Cormac McCarthy
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
11
Michael Chabon
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
12
Neil Gaiman
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
13
Philip Roth
An Angel at My Table (Janet Frame)
An Angel at My Table
14
Janet Frame
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
15
Kazuo Ishiguro
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (P. D. James)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
16
P. D. James
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
17
George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
18
L.M. Montgomery
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
19
Bernard Malamud
At Swim-Two-Brids (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Brids
20
Flann O'Brien
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
21
Ian McEwan
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
22
Kate Chopin
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
23
Sinclair Lewis
The Balkan Trilogy (Olivia Manning)
The Balkan Trilogy
24
Olivia Manning
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
25
Anthony Trollope
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
26
Herman Melville
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
27
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
28
Toni Morrison
A Bend in the River (V. S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
29
V. S. Naipaul
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories
30
Christopher Isherwood
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
31
Raymond Chandler
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
32
Sebastian Faulks
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
33
Anna Sewell
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
34
Charles Dickens
A Book of Common Prayer (Joan Didion)
A Book of Common Prayer
35
Joan Didion
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
36
Markus Zusak
The Bottle Factory Outing (Beryl Bainbridge)
The Bottle Factory Outing
37
Beryl Bainbridge
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
38
Aldous Huxley
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
39
Truman Capote
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
Brick Lane
40
Monica Ali
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