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Matt's 50 Favorite Novels

List of my 50 all time favorite novels. This is based on my personal taste. These novels are all inspirational in a singular way.
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The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
1
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
2
William Faulkner
Life and Fate by Vassily Grossman
Life and Fate by Vassily Grossman
3
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
4
Leo Tolstoy
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
5
William Faulkner
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
6
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
7
Leo Tolstoy
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
8
William Faulkner
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
9
John Steinbeck
Just Above My Head
Just Above My Head
10
Illusions Perdues (Honore De Balzac)
Illusions Perdues
11
Honore De Balzac
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
12
John Steinbeck
Prima Che Il Gallo Canti (Cesare Pavese)
Prima Che Il Gallo Canti
13
Cesare Pavese
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
14
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A L'ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs (Marcel Proust)
A L'ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs
15
Marcel Proust
Tocaia Grande (Jorge Amado)
Tocaia Grande
16
Jorge Amado
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
17
William Faulkner
The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans (Honoré De Balzac)
The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans
18
Honoré De Balzac
La Chartreuse De Parme (Stendhal)
La Chartreuse De Parme
19
Stendhal
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
20
Salman Rushdie
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
21
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Hamlet (William Faulkner)
The Hamlet
22
William Faulkner
Resurrection (Leo Tolstoy)
Resurrection
23
Leo Tolstoy
Children of Gebelawi
Children of Gebelawi
24
La Ciudad De Los Prodigios (Eduardo Mendoza)
La Ciudad De Los Prodigios
25
Eduardo Mendoza
The Comrade (Cesare Pavese)
The Comrade
26
Cesare Pavese
The Reivers (William Faulkner)
The Reivers
27
William Faulkner
Father Goriot
Father Goriot
28
Colline (Jean Gionot)
Colline
29
Jean Gionot
Everything Flows (Vasily Grossman)
Everything Flows
30
Vasily Grossman
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
31
Günter Grass
The Yacoubian Building (Alaa Al Aswany)
The Yacoubian Building
32
Alaa Al Aswany
Humiliated and Insulted
Humiliated and Insulted
33
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Giorgio Bassani)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
34
Giorgio Bassani
A Sportsman's Sketches (Ivan Turgenev)
A Sportsman's Sketches
35
Ivan Turgenev
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
36
Virginia Woolf
La Luna E I Falò (Cesare Pavese)
La Luna E I Falò
37
Cesare Pavese
Le Temps Retrouvé (Marcel Proust)
Le Temps Retrouvé
38
Marcel Proust
The Great Winter (Ismail Kadaré)
The Great Winter
39
Ismail Kadaré
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
40
James Baldwin
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