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Goodreads Must Read Classics: 2020/21 Update - Page 5

"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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Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) (Anonymous)
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights)
161
Anonymous
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
162
Edith Wharton
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
163
Paulo Coelho
A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
A Little Princess
164
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
165
John Milton
Faust, Part One (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust, Part One
166
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
167
George Eliot
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
168
Gaston Leroux
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
169
Jules Verne
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
170
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
171
Margaret Atwood
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
172
Agatha Christie
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
173
Maurice Sendak
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
174
Patrick Suskind
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
175
Ayn Rand
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
176
E.M. Forster
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
177
Alice Walker
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor E. Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
178
Viktor E. Frankl
The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Two Towers
179
J.R.R. Tolkien
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
180
William Shakespeare
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
181
Albert Camus
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
182
Ray Bradbury
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Inferno
183
Dante Alighieri
The Once and Future King (T. H. White)
The Once and Future King
184
T. H. White
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
185
Virgil
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
186
Ralph Ellison
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
187
John Knowles
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
188
Willa Cather
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
189
Tennessee Williams
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass/USA)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
190
Frederick Douglass/USA
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
191
William Shakespeare
The Art of War (Sun-Tzu)
The Art of War
192
Sun-Tzu
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
193
Mikhail Bulgakov
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground
194
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
195
James Joyce
Ivanhoe (Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
196
Walter Scott
Shakespeare's Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Shakespeare's Sonnets
197
William Shakespeare
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
198
Knut Hamsun
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
199
William Shakespeare
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
200
Thomas Hardy
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