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List of the Greatest Novels I've Read

Some of the greatest novels I have read. I've listed only those that I feel are worthy of inclusion and intentionally omitted popular or genre fiction unless considered classics.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
3
Lewis Carroll
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
4
Cormac McCarthy
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
5
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
6
Leo Tolstoy
Armies of the Night (Mailer)
Armies of the Night
7
Mailer
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
8
William Faulkner
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
9
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
10
Carson McCullers
Being There (Jerzy Kosinski, 1970)
Being There
11
Jerzy Kosinski, 1970
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
12
Toni Morrison
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (Henry Miller)
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
13
Henry Miller
Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd
14
Herman Melville
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
15
Aldous Huxley
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
16
Truman Capote
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
17
Kurt Vonnegut
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
18
Thornton Wilder
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dosteovsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
19
Fyodor Dosteovsky
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
20
Jack London
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
21
Voltaire
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
22
John Steinbeck
Castle to Castle (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Castle to Castle
23
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Cat and Mouse (Günter Grass)
Cat and Mouse
24
Günter Grass
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
25
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
26
J.D. Salinger
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
27
Charles Dickens
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
28
John Kennedy Toole
Confessions of Felix Krull (Thomas Mann)
Confessions of Felix Krull
29
Thomas Mann
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
30
William Styron
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
31
Mark Twain
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
32
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
33
Thomas Pynchon
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller
34
Henry James
Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend Is Laid (Malcolm Lowry)
Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend Is Laid
35
Malcolm Lowry
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
36
Arthur Koestler
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
37
Charles Dickens
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann, Clayton Koelb, Trans.)
Death in Venice
38
Thomas Mann, Clayton Koelb, Trans.
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilych
39
Leo Tolstoy
Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh)
Decline and Fall
40
Evelyn Waugh
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