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Goodreads Must Read Classics: 2020/21 Update - Page 2

"My favorite books are the classics. I'm always searching for "new" classics to read, ones I've not heard of or have overlooked. Let me know which ones you love!" (Goodreads list author)
This list has undergone considerable change since last published around 4 years ago, especially in rankings. I have removed around a dozen suspect entries, but a few "cheats" may have escaped the cull.
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
41
Leo Tolstoy
Chronicles of Narnia Series (C.S. Lewis)
Chronicles of Narnia Series
42
C.S. Lewis
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
43
Joseph Heller
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
44
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
45
L.M. Montgomery
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
46
Leo Tolstoy
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
47
Ernest Hemingway
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
48
Kurt Vonnegut
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
49
Vladimir Nabokov
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
50
Miguel De Cervantes
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
51
Alexandre Dumas
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
52
Daphne Du Maurier
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
53
Anthony Burgess
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
54
Mark Twain
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
55
S.E. Hinton
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
56
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
57
William Shakespeare
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
58
Thomas Hardy
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
59
Homer
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
60
Oscar Wilde
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
61
Robert Louis Stevenson
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
62
Erich Maria Remarque
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
63
Betty Smith
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
64
John Steinbeck
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
65
Richard Adams
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
66
Daniel Keyes
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
67
Jane Austen
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
68
Herman Melville
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
69
Gabriel García Márquez
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
70
Gustave Flaubert
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
71
Pearl S. Buck
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
72
Dante Alighieri
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
73
Elie Wiesel
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
74
Hermann Hesse
The Elephant Tree (R. D. Ronald)
The Elephant Tree
75
R. D. Ronald
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
76
Arthur Miller
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
77
Ayn Rand
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
78
William Shakespeare
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
79
Jane Austen
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
80
Arthur Golden
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