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Goodreads: The Lesser Classics

Picking up where the list '250 Books Goodreads Calls Classics' left off, we present a list of the lesser classics - books that Goodreads members shelve as classics, just not as often. Probably some here that are sold short by being called a lesser classic, but the numbers are the numbers.
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The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
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A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
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Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
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I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
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A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
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The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)
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Little Men (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Men (Louisa May Alcott)
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The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
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The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
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Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
12
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
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The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
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The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
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Anne of Windy Poplars (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Windy Poplars (L.M. Montgomery)
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Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
17
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
18
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
19
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
20
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
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Anne's House of Dreams (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne's House of Dreams (L.M. Montgomery)
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The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
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Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
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Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
25
Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens)
Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens)
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The Swiss Family Robinson (Johann David Wyss)
The Swiss Family Robinson (Johann David Wyss)
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Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
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The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas)
The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas)
29
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
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The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
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Medea (Euripides)
Medea (Euripides)
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
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Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers)
Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers)
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The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
35
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie)
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Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K Dick)
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