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The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
81
Ayn Rand
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
82
Mary Shelley
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
83
J.D. Salinger
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
84
John Fowles
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
85
François Rabelais
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
86
Émile Zola
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
87
James Baldwin
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
88
Doris Lessing
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
89
Margaret Mitchell
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
90
Flannery O'Connor
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
91
Ford Madox Ford
The Good Soldier Svejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Svejk
92
Jaroslav Hašek
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
93
John Steinbeck
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
94
Thomas Pynchon
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
95
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
96
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
97
Jonathan Swift
Gypsy Ballads
Gypsy Ballads
98
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
99
William Shakespeare
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
100
Joseph Conrad
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
101
Saul Bellow
History (Elsa Morante)
History
102
Elsa Morante
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
103
Douglas Adams
The Hounds of the Baskervilles
The Hounds of the Baskervilles
104
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
105
E.M. Forster
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
106
Knut Hamsun
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
107
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
108
Homer
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
109
Truman Capote
In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway)
In Our Time
110
Ernest Hemingway
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
111
Marcel Proust
Independent People (Halldór Laxness)
Independent People
112
Halldór Laxness
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
113
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist
114
Denis Diderot
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
115
Charlotte Bronte
Jazz by Toni Morrison
Jazz by Toni Morrison
116
Journey to the End of Night
Journey to the End of Night
117
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
118
Upton Sinclair
Kim
Kim
119
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
120
William Shakespeare
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