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Goodreads: The Lesser Classics - Page 2

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 Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
41
Stendhal
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
42
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Canterville Ghost (Oscar Wilde)
The Canterville Ghost
43
Oscar Wilde
The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)
The Velveteen Rabbit
44
Margery Williams
Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens)
Little Dorrit
45
Charles Dickens
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
Tuck Everlasting
46
Natalie Babbitt
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
47
O. Henry
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Shel Silverstein)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
48
Shel Silverstein
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
49
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
Maurice
50
E.M. Forster
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
51
Ray Bradbury
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
52
Arthur Golden
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
53
Choderlos De Laclos
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
54
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
55
Katherine Paterson
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
56
Orson Scott Card
Dr. Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Dr. Faustus
57
Christopher Marlowe
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
58
William Shakespeare
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
59
Daniel Defoe
Shakespeare's Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Shakespeare's Sonnets
60
William Shakespeare
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
61
Norton Juster
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
62
Virginia Woolf
Shirley (Charlotte Brontë)
Shirley
63
Charlotte Brontë
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
64
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
65
Donna Tartt
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
66
William Shakespeare
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
67
Carson McCullers
My Cousin Rachel (Daphne Du Maurier)
My Cousin Rachel
68
Daphne Du Maurier
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
69
Ivan Turgenev
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
70
Charles Dickens
Of Human Bondage (W Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
71
W Somerset Maugham
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
72
Maurice Sendak
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
Three Men in a Boat
73
Jerome K. Jerome
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
74
Richard Wright
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
75
Agatha Christie
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx)
The Communist Manifesto
76
Karl Marx
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
77
Nella Larsen
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
78
Lorraine Hansberry
Anne of Ingleside (L. M. Montgomery)
Anne of Ingleside
79
L. M. Montgomery
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
80
Edgar Allan Poe
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