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Classic World Fiction Challenge: Bet You Haven't Read More Than 35

A subjective list of some fiction authors whose works are considered classics by many. Although only one title is listed per author, many of these authors have written other books that could also be considered classics. [Durham County Library, Durham, NC, USA, Aug. 1998]
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The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
1
Stephen Crane
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
2
James Fenimore Cooper
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
3
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Complete Works of O. Henry
The Complete Works of O. Henry
4
Green Mansions (W.H. Hudson)
Green Mansions
5
W.H. Hudson
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
6
Henry James
Moby Dick (Herman Mellville)
Moby Dick
7
Herman Mellville
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
8
Edgar Allan Poe
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
9
Mark Twain
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
10
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
11
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
12
Emily Brontë
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
13
Wilkie Collins
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
14
Daniel Defoe
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
15
Charles Dickens
Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes
16
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
17
George Eliot
The History of Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
The History of Tom Jones
18
Henry Fielding
The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
The Vicar of Wakefield
19
Oliver Goldsmith
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
20
Thomas Hardy
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
21
Sir Walter Scott
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
22
Mary Shelley
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
23
Robert Louis Stevenson
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
24
Jonathan Swift
Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
25
William Thackeray
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
26
Anthony Trollope
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
27
Oscar Wilde
Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot
28
Honore De Balzac
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
29
Miguel De Cervantes
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
30
Alexandre Dumas
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
31
Gustave Flaubert
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
32
Victor Hugo
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
33
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
34
Stendhal
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
35
Fyodor Dostoevsky
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
36
Leo Tolstoy
Nana (Emile Zola)
Nana
37
Emile Zola
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
38
Murasaki Shikibu
Dream of the Red Chamber (Tsao Hsueh-Chin, Trans. Chi-Chen Wang)
Dream of the Red Chamber
39
Tsao Hsueh-Chin, Trans. Chi-Chen Wang
The Journey to the West, Volume 1 (Wu Cheng'en)
The Journey to the West, Volume 1
40
Wu Cheng'en
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