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Lady Chatterly's Lover (Lawrence, D.H.)
Lady Chatterly's Lover
121
Lawrence, D.H.
The Last Chronicle of Barset (Anthony Trollope)
The Last Chronicle of Barset
122
Anthony Trollope
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
123
James Fenimore Cooper
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
124
Walt Whitman
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
125
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
126
Victor Hugo
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
127
Laurence Sterne
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
128
William Faulkner
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
129
C.S. Lewis
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
130
Vladimir Nabokov
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
131
Thomas Wolfe
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
132
Joseph Conrad
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
133
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
134
J.R.R.Tolkien
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
135
Gabriel García Márquez
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
136
Gustave Flaubert
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
137
Thomas Mann
The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata
138
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
139
Sinclair Lewis
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies
140
Samuel Beckett
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
141
Dashiell Hammett
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
142
Robert Musil
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
143
Euripides
Memoirs of Hadrian (Margarite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
144
Margarite Yourcenar
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
145
Ovid
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
146
George Eliot
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
147
Salman Rushdie
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
148
Herman Melville
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy
149
Samuel Beckett
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
150
Walker Percy
Mr. Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr. Fox
151
Helen Oyeyemi
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
152
Virginia Woolf
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
153
Willa Cather
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
154
Norman Mailer
The Naked Lunch
The Naked Lunch
155
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
156
Richard Wright
Njals Saga (Anonymous)
Njals Saga
157
Anonymous
Nostromo
Nostromo
158
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
159
Willa Cather
Oblomov
Oblomov
160
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