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Goodreads Must Read Classics: 2020/21 Update - Page 4

"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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The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
121
Lois Lowry
The Jungle Books (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Books
122
Rudyard Kipling
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
123
Charles Dickens
Skagboys (Irvine Welsh)
Skagboys
124
Irvine Welsh
The Complete Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
The Complete Fairy Tales
125
The Brothers Grimm
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
126
Jonathan Swift
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
127
Jack London
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
128
H.G. Wells
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
129
Jules Verne
Winnie-The-Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
130
A.A. Milne
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
131
Sophocles
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
132
Elizabeth Gaskell
Green Eggs and Ham (Dr. Seuss)
Green Eggs and Ham
133
Dr. Seuss
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
134
Wilkie Collins
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
135
Chinua Achebe
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
136
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
137
Franz Kafka
The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Return of the King
138
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
139
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
140
Upton Sinclair
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
141
Virginia Woolf
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
142
Thomas Hardy
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
143
Truman Capote
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
144
William Shakespeare
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
145
Walt Whitman
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
146
Victor Hugo
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
147
William Makepeace Thackeray
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
148
Madeleine L'engle
Walden and Civil Disobedience (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden and Civil Disobedience
149
Henry David Thoreau
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
150
Tr. Seamus Heaney
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
151
Arthur Conan Doyle
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
152
Anna Sewell
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
153
James Joyce
Middlemarch/Silas Marner/Amos Barton (George Eliot)
Middlemarch/Silas Marner/Amos Barton
154
George Eliot
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
155
Chaim Potok
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
156
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
157
Hermann Hesse
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
158
Daniel Defoe
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods
159
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
160
Sophocles
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