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Goodreads' Top 50 Classics

These are the top 50 classics according to Goodreads.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
4
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
5
Emily Brontë
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
6
J.D. Salinger
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
7
George Orwell
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
8
Louisa May Alcott
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
9
William Shakespeare
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
10
Jane Austen
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
11
John Steinbeck
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
12
Mark Twain
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
13
Oscar Wilde
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
14
William Golding
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
15
Charles Dickens
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
16
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
17
Ray Bradbury
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
18
Bram Stoker
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
19
Alexandre Dumas
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
20
Homer
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
21
Jane Austen
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
22
William Shakespeare
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
23
Leo Tolstoy
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
24
J.R.R. Tolkien
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
25
Victor Hugo
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
26
William Shakespeare
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
27
Charles Dickens
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
28
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
29
Anne Frank
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
30
Mark Twain
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
31
John Steinbeck
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
32
Margaret Mitchell
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
33
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
34
Jane Austen
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
35
Ernest Hemingway
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
36
William Shakespeare
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
37
Herman Melville
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
38
Vladimir Nabokov
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
39
Charles Dickens
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
40
L.M. Montgomery
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