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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
161
Homer
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
162
Sophocles
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
163
John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
164
Ernest Hemingway
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
165
Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
166
Ken Kesey
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
167
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
168
Virginia Woolf
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
169
William Shakespeare
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
170
Vladimir Nabokov
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
171
John Milton
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
172
E.M. Forster
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
173
Juan Rulfo
Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot
174
Honore De Balzac
Petersburg
Petersburg
175
Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
Pickwick Papers
176
Charles Dickens
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
177
Astrid Lindgren
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
178
Poems of Paul Celan
Poems of Paul Celan
179
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
180
James Joyce
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
181
Henry James
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
182
Jane Austen
The Princess of Cleves (Madame De La Fayette)
The Princess of Cleves
183
Madame De La Fayette
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
184
George Bernard Shaw
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
185
John Updike
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
186
Lorraine Hansberry
Ramayana
Ramayana
187
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
188
Daphne Du Maurier
The Recognition of Sakuntala (Kalidasa)
The Recognition of Sakuntala
189
Kalidasa
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
190
Stendhal
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
191
Stephen Crane
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
192
Daniel Defoe
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
193
Virginia Woolf
A Room With a View: E.M. Forster
A Room With a View: E.M. Forster
194
The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie
195
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
196
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's List
197
Thomas Keneally
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North
198
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
199
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
200
Gustave Flaubert
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