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This list includes 150 essential Literary Classics from all over the world, not just Western canon. You must read them at least once in your life. Go ahead!
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The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
81
Henry James
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
82
Vladimir Nabokov
Collected Poems by Emily Dickinson
Collected Poems by Emily Dickinson
83
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
84
Walt Whitman
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
85
Ann Radcliffe
La Regenta
La Regenta
86
Decamerone (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Decamerone
87
Giovanni Boccaccio
The History of Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
The History of Tom Jones
88
Henry Fielding
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
89
Herman Melville
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
90
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
91
Charles Dickens
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
92
Simone De Beauvoir
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights
93
Anonymous
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
94
Ayn Rand
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
95
Leo Tolstoy
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
96
Sir Thomas Malory
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
97
Samuel Richardson
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
98
Edgar Allan Poe
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
99
William Shakespeare
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
100
Kate Chopin
The Importance of Being Ernest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Ernest
101
Oscar Wilde
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
102
Ernest Hemingway
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
103
Anonymous
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
104
Joseph Conrad
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
105
H.G. Wells
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
106
Ray Bradbury
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
107
Frances Hodgson Burnett
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
108
Harper Lee
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
109
Albert Camus
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
110
Sophocles
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
111
T.S. Eliot
Euripides -- Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, the Trojan Women, Electra, T
Euripides -- Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, the Trojan Women, Electra, T
112
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac
113
Edmond Rostand
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
114
Franz Kafka
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
115
Toni Morrison
The Prose Edda (Sturlulson)
The Prose Edda
116
Sturlulson
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
117
Agatha Christie
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave (Frederick Douglas)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave
118
Frederick Douglas
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
119
Voltaire
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
120
Mary Shelley
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