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A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
201
John Knowles
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
202
Kurt Vonnegut
Snow Country Yasunari Kawabata
Snow Country Yasunari Kawabata
203
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
204
Toni Morrison
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers
205
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
206
William Styron
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
207
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
208
William Faulkner
The Sound of the Mountain (Yasunari Kawabata)
The Sound of the Mountain
209
Yasunari Kawabata
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
210
Albert Camus
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
211
Tennessee Williams
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
212
Ernest Hemingway
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
213
Murasaki Shikibu
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
214
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
215
Thomas Hardy
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
216
Zora Neale Hurston
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
217
Chinua Achebe
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
218
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
219
Alexandre Dumas
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
220
Lewis Carroll
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
221
Günter Grass
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
222
Harper Lee
To the Lighthouse (Mrs. Ramsay)
To the Lighthouse
223
Mrs. Ramsay
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
224
Henry Fielding
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
225
Franz Kafka
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
226
Henry Miller
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
227
John Dos Passos
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
228
James Joyce
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
229
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
230
Malcolm Lowry
The Unnameable (Samuel Beckett)
The Unnameable
231
Samuel Beckett
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
232
William Makepeace Thackeray
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
233
Samuel Beckett
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
234
Leo Tolstoy
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
235
H.G. Wells
Waverly (Sir Walter Scott)
Waverly
236
Sir Walter Scott
Where Angels Fear to Tread (E.M. Forster)
Where Angels Fear to Tread
237
E.M. Forster
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
238
Don Delillo
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
239
Edward Albee
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
240
Jean Rhys
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