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Classic Novels You Should Read in a Lifetime - Page 3

Every reader challenges the barriers of what kind of books to read. Here I've compiled my list of classic novels read in my life time. Most of my books have come from the Library, but I do possess a 2,000 volume library. I've made a lifetime just reading books. My favorites have been the classics.
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Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
81
Knut Hamsun
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
82
Victor Hugo
Ragged Dick
Ragged Dick
83
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
84
E.M. Forster
Jacob's Room (Virginia Woolf)
Jacob's Room
85
Virginia Woolf
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1661 (Samuel Pepys)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1661
86
Samuel Pepys
Tales From the Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Tales From the Decameron
87
Giovanni Boccaccio
Autumnal Tints (Henry David Thoreau)
Autumnal Tints
88
Henry David Thoreau
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
89
Robert Penn Warren
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
90
Miguel De Cervantes
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
91
Voltaire
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
92
John Kennedy Toole
Men Without Women (Ernest Hemingway)
Men Without Women
93
Ernest Hemingway
The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
94
Thomas Hardy
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
95
Richard Wright
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
96
William Faulkner
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
97
Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
98
Charlotte Brontë
Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo
Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo
99
Pretty Pretty Boys (Gregory Ashe)
Pretty Pretty Boys
100
Gregory Ashe
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
101
Herman Melville
Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained (John Milton)
Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained
102
John Milton
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
103
Kurt Vonnegut
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
104
Edith Wharton
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
105
Maya Angelou
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
106
Richard Bach
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Doyle, Arthur Conan)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
107
Doyle, Arthur Conan
In a German Pension (Katherine Mansfield)
In a German Pension
108
Katherine Mansfield
The Divine Comedy, Vol. 1: Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy, Vol. 1: Inferno
109
Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy, Vol. 2: Purgatory (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy, Vol. 2: Purgatory
110
Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy, Vol. 3: Paradise (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy, Vol. 3: Paradise
111
Dante Alighieri
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
112
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
113
Ralph Ellison
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
114
Douglas Adams
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
115
Ernest Hemingway
Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Fellowship of the Ring
116
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers (J. R. R. Tolkein)
The Two Towers
117
J. R. R. Tolkein
The Return of the King (J. R. R. Tolkein)
The Return of the King
118
J. R. R. Tolkein
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
119
Franz Kafka
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
120
Edith Wharton
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