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Classics for People Afraid of Classics

This is a list of books I would recommend for people who want to dip their toes into reading classic books but they don't know where to start!
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2
Lewis Carroll
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
3
George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
4
L.M. Montgomery
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
5
Anna Sewell
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
6
Charles Dickens
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
7
John Wyndham
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
8
Alice Walker
Dandelion Wine
Dandelion Wine
9
Evelina
Evelina
10
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
11
J.D. Salinger
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
12
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
13
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
14
Arthur Conan Doyle
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
15
Truman Capote
The Inimitable Jeeves (P. G. Wodehouse)
The Inimitable Jeeves
16
P. G. Wodehouse
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
17
H.G. Wells
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
18
Charlotte Bronte
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
19
Rudyard Kipling
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
20
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
21
Louisa May Alcott
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
22
William Golding
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
23
Ernest Hemingway
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
24
Agatha Christie
My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell)
My Family and Other Animals
25
Gerald Durrell
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
26
Elizabeth Gaskell
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
27
Jack Kerouac
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
28
S.E. Hinton
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
29
J.M. Barrie
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
30
Gaston Leroux
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
31
Daphne Du Maurier
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
32
John Knowles
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
33
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
34
Anne Brontë
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
35
Zora Neale Hurston
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
36
Chinua Achebe
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
37
Harper Lee
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
38
Robert Louis Stevenson
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
39
Betty Smith
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
40
Wilkie Collins
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