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Jason's List of the Greatest Books of All Time!

Here are some books many consider "great" including some classics, modern and postmodern books, and a few odd favorites. See if you have read these books or be inspired to peruse something.
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
1
James Joyce
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
2
Thomas Pynchon
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
3
Vladimir Nabokov
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
4
William S. Burroughs
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
5
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
6
Hermann Hesse
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
7
John Steinbeck
The Illuminatus! Trilogy (Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson)
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
8
Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
9
Ken Kesey
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
10
David Foster Wallace
Ask the Dust (John Fante)
Ask the Dust
11
John Fante
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
12
Margaret Atwood
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
13
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
14
Truman Capote
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert a Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
15
Robert a Heinlein
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
16
John Kennedy Toole
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
17
Ralph Ellison
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
18
Aldous Huxley
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
19
Octavia E. Butler
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
20
Bret Easton Ellis
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
21
Albert Camus
Survivor (Chuck Palahniuk)
Survivor
22
Chuck Palahniuk
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
23
Don Delillo
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
24
George Orwell
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
25
James Joyce
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
26
J.D. Salinger
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
27
Joseph Heller
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
28
Anthony Burgess
Factotum (Charles Bukowski)
Factotum
29
Charles Bukowski
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
30
Italo Calvino
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
31
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls
32
Gogol
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
33
George Orwell
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
34
Dave Eggers
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
35
Leo Tolstoy
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
36
Nick Hornby
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
37
Victor Hugo
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
38
Hermann Hesse
Skinny Legs and All (Tom Robbins)
Skinny Legs and All
39
Tom Robbins
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
40
Joseph Conrad
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