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How to Be Well Read: A Guide to 500 Great Novels and a Handful of Literary Curiosities - Page 3

This is a (hopefully complete) list of books mentioned in "How to be Well Read: A guide to 500 great novels and a handful of literary curiosities" by John Sutherland. One of the titles (Gaslight, Gaiters and Gonophs by Jack Northcliffe) was a fake novel, so it's not on this list.
All the items you see here are Sutherland's choice, not mine.
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Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
81
Voltaire
Candy (Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg)
Candy
82
Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
Cape Fear (John D. MacDonald)
Cape Fear
83
John D. MacDonald
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
84
Louis De Bernieres
Carmilla (Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
85
Sheridan Le Fanu
Carry On, Jeeves (P. G. Wodehouse)
Carry On, Jeeves
86
P. G. Wodehouse
Casting the Runes & Other Ghost Stories (M.R. James)
Casting the Runes & Other Ghost Stories
87
M.R. James
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
88
Franz Kafka
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
89
Horace Walpole
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
90
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
91
J.D. Salinger
The Cave (Jose Saramago)
The Cave
92
Jose Saramago
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
93
Stendhal
Cheri (Colette)
Cheri
94
Colette
A Child of the Jago (Arthur Morrison)
A Child of the Jago
95
Arthur Morrison
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
96
P.D. James
The City and the Pillar (Gore Vidal)
The City and the Pillar
97
Gore Vidal
City of Glass (Paul Auster)
City of Glass
98
Paul Auster
City of Night (John Rechy)
City of Night
99
John Rechy
The Clockwork Testament (Anthony Burgess)
The Clockwork Testament
100
Anthony Burgess
The Clown (Heinrich Böll)
The Clown
101
Heinrich Böll
Cockfighter (Charles Willeford)
Cockfighter
102
Charles Willeford
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
103
Stella Gibbons
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
104
Alice Walker
Compulsion (Meyer Levin)
Compulsion
105
Meyer Levin
Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
Confessions of a Shopaholic
106
Sophie Kinsella
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
107
Mark Twain
The Constant Gardener (John Le Carre)
The Constant Gardener
108
John Le Carre
Cosmopolis (Don Delillo)
Cosmopolis
109
Don Delillo
Crampton Hodnet (Barbara Pym)
Crampton Hodnet
110
Barbara Pym
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
111
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crimson Petal and the White (Michael Faber)
The Crimson Petal and the White
112
Michael Faber
Cry the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry the Beloved Country
113
Alan Paton
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
114
Mark Haddon
The Dain Curse (Dashiell Hammett)
The Dain Curse
115
Dashiell Hammett
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
116
Josephine Tey
The Day He Himself Shall Wipe Away My Tears (Kenzaburo Oe)
The Day He Himself Shall Wipe Away My Tears
117
Kenzaburo Oe
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
118
John Wyndham
The Days of Anna Madrigal (Armistead Maupin)
The Days of Anna Madrigal
119
Armistead Maupin
The Dead (James Joyce)
The Dead
120
James Joyce
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