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Goodreads' Popular Modern Classics

This Is a list from Goodreads of the most popular modern classics. How many have you read? I hope you enjoy this list.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
4
J.D. Salinger
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
5
George Orwell
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
6
William Golding
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
7
John Steinbeck
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
8
Ray Bradbury
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
9
Aldous Huxley
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
10
Margaret Atwood
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
11
Sylvia Plath
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
12
Vladimir Nabokov
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
13
Anthony Burgess
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
14
Joseph Heller
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
15
Kurt Vonnegut
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
16
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
17
John Steinbeck
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
18
Albert Camus
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
19
Jack Kerouac
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
20
Ernest Hemingway
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
21
Daphne Du Maurier
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
22
J.R.R. Tolkien
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
23
Truman Capote
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
24
Virginia Woolf
The Colour Purple (Alice Walker)
The Colour Purple
25
Alice Walker
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
26
John Steinbeck
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
27
Anne Frank
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
28
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
29
Douglas Adams
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
30
Milan Kundera
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
31
Gabriel García Márquez
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
32
Paulo Coelho
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
33
Truman Capote
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
34
Virginia Woolf
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
35
Evelyn Waugh
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
36
Khalid Hosseini
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
37
Yann Martel
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
38
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Book Theif (Markus Zusak)
The Book Theif
39
Markus Zusak
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
40
J.K. Rowling
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