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Catching Up on (Mostly) Classics

I've always been an indiscriminate reader from a variety of genres. When I first began using the list challenges site I realized that tendency had steered me away from many books of substance.
I was woefully lacking in what according to most lists presented here are considered classics.
I'm not sure all of these qualify, but they have appeared on one or several classics challenges.
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Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
1
Alan Moore
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
2
John Kennedy Toole
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
3
Charles Dickens
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
4
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
5
Umberto Eco
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
6
Alice Walker
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
7
Paulo Coelho
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
8
Toni Morrison
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
9
Arthur C. Clarke
The Qu'ran (Tarif Khalidi (Translator))
The Qu'ran
10
Tarif Khalidi (Translator)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
11
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
12
Mark Twain
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
13
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
14
Homer
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
15
John Steinbeck
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
16
Margaret Atwood
Shakespeare's Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Shakespeare's Sonnets
17
William Shakespeare
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset)
Kristin Lavransdatter
18
Sigrid Undset
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
19
Harper Lee
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
20
Ford Madox Ford
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
21
Ray Bradbury
The Sea Wolf (Jack London)
The Sea Wolf
22
Jack London
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
23
Neil Gaiman
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
24
J.D. Salinger
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
25
Ayn Rand
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
26
Ernest Hemingway
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
27
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
28
Mitch Albom
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
29
Charles Dickens
V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
V for Vendetta
30
Alan Moore
King James Bible
King James Bible
31
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
32
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
33
John Steinbeck
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
34
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
35
John Steinbeck
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
36
John Le Carré
The Book of Mormon: Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical (Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Robert Lopez)
The Book of Mormon: Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
37
Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Robert Lopez
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
38
Ray Bradbury
11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
39
Stephen King
The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain)
The Prince and the Pauper
40
Mark Twain
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