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Books That Should Be in the 1001 Books

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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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Carson McCullers
Kallocain (Karin Boye)
Kallocain
2
Karin Boye
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
3
Flannery O'Connor
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
4
Thomas Harris
The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
The Stepford Wives
5
Ira Levin
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
6
Stephen King
Dona Barbara (Romulo Gallegos)
Dona Barbara
7
Romulo Gallegos
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
8
Homer
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
9
Homer
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
10
Virgil
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
11
Dante Alighieri
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
12
John Milton
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
13
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
14
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
15
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
16
William Shakespeare
The Henriad (William Shakespeare)
The Henriad
17
William Shakespeare
Rubyfruit Jungle (Rita Mae Brown)
Rubyfruit Jungle
18
Rita Mae Brown
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson; Ed. by Thomas H. Johnson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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Emily Dickinson; Ed. by Thomas H. Johnson
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
20
Raymond Carver
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
21
Angela Carter
The Odd Women (George Gissing)
The Odd Women
22
George Gissing
The Beetle (Richard Marsh)
The Beetle
23
Richard Marsh
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
24
Baroness Orczy
The Romance of a Shop (Amy Levy)
The Romance of a Shop
25
Amy Levy
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
26
Jeannette Walls
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
27
Charles Darwin
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Hannah Arendt)
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
28
Hannah Arendt
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
29
Simone De Beauvoir
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
30
Edward Albee
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
31
Richard Adams
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Oedipus the King
32
Sophocles
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
33
Stephen Crane
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
34
Euripides
Bacchae (Euripides)
Bacchae
35
Euripides
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
36
Mark Twain
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
37
Pearl S. Buck
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
38
Alex Haley
The Street (Ann Petry)
The Street
39
Ann Petry
Oresteia (Aeschylus)
Oresteia
40
Aeschylus
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