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(Modern) Classics to Become Well-Read

A list of better and lesser known (modern) classics to broaden your horizon.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
2
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
3
Lewis Carroll
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
4
Henry James
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
5
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
6
Leo Tolstoy
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
7
Kate Chopin
Basil and Josephine (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Basil and Josephine
8
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
9
Sylvia Plath
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
10
Aldous Huxley
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
11
Evelyn Waugh
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
12
Franz Kafka
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
13
Charles Dickens
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
14
Anthony Burgess
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
15
Alexandre Dumas
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
16
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dead Souls (Nickolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
17
Nickolai Gogol
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
18
Thomas Mann
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilych
19
Leo Tolstoy
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
20
Anne Frank
Dirty Hands (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Dirty Hands
21
Jean-Paul Sartre
Doctor Glas (Hjalmar Söderberg)
Doctor Glas
22
Hjalmar Söderberg
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
23
Boris Pasternak
A Doll's House (Ibsen)
A Doll's House
24
Ibsen
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
25
Bram Stoker
A Dream Play (August Strindberg)
A Dream Play
26
August Strindberg
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
27
Edith Wharton
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
28
Aleksandr Pushkin
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
29
Albert Camus
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
30
Ivan Turgenev
Forever Amber (Kathleen Winsor)
Forever Amber
31
Kathleen Winsor
Frankenstein (Shelley)
Frankenstein
32
Shelley
The Gashlycrumb Tinies (Edward Gorey)
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
33
Edward Gorey
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
34
Margaret Mitchell
The Grand Sophy (Georgette Heyer)
The Grand Sophy
35
Georgette Heyer
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
36
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
37
Joseph Conrad
The Heart of a Dog (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Heart of a Dog
38
Mikhail Bulgakov
Hound of the Baskervilles (Doyle)
Hound of the Baskervilles
39
Doyle
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
40
Edith Wharton
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