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Harold Bloom's the Bright Book of Life: Novels to Read and Reread

Harold Bloom's The Bright Book of Life: Novels to Read and Reread. In 2020, a year after his death, Knopf published literary critic Harold Bloom's list of 50 novels to be read
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
1
Miguel De Cervantes
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
2
Samuel Richardson
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
3
Henry Fielding
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
4
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
5
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
6
Jane Austen
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni)
The Betrothed
7
Alessandro Manzoni
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
8
Stendhal
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
9
Stendhal
Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot
10
Honore De Balzac
Lost Illusions (Honore De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
11
Honore De Balzac
The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans (Honoré De Balzac)
The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans
12
Honoré De Balzac
The Captain's Daughter (Alexander Pushkin)
The Captain's Daughter
13
Alexander Pushkin
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
14
Emily Brontë
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
15
William Makepeace Thackeray
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
16
Herman Melville
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
17
Charles Dickens
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
18
Charles Dickens
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
19
Gustave Flaubert
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
20
Victor Hugo
A Sportsman's Sketches (Ivan Turgenev)
A Sportsman's Sketches
21
Ivan Turgenev
First Love (Ivan Turgenev)
First Love
22
Ivan Turgenev
The Cossacks (Leo Tolstoy)
The Cossacks
23
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
24
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
25
Leo Tolstoy
Hadji Murad (Leo Tolstoy)
Hadji Murad
26
Leo Tolstoy
The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
27
Thomas Hardy
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
28
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Princess Cassamassima (Henry James)
The Princess Cassamassima
29
Henry James
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
30
Henry James
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
31
Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
32
Joseph Conrad
Under Western Eyes (Joseph Conrad)
Under Western Eyes
33
Joseph Conrad
The Reef (Edith Wharton)
The Reef
34
Edith Wharton
The Rainbow (D. H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
35
D. H. Lawrence
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
36
D. H. Lawrence
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
37
James Joyce
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
38
Thomas Mann
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
39
Virginia Woolf
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
40
Marcel Proust
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