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More of the Most Important of Important Classics - Page 3

Here are more of the most important of the important books in the world among the Classics! A second list for you. Using the football field as an analogy with the books as the football players... all the books on the first list are in the end zone, while all the books on this list are somewhere within the 5 yard-line and the end zone with the line of scrimmage perhaps on the 2 yard-line.
The parameters for Classics that I'm still going with are: 1. transcends place and time (over generations), and 2. at least 50 years old (in 2025). Lots and lots and lots of polls and LISTS have been reviewed to determine which books made this list. Thousands, probably, of respondents helped narrow the field of contestants to these few.
Hope you enjoy these titles as well!
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
81
Frederick Douglass
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
82
Richard Wright
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
83
W. Somerset Maugham
On War (Carl Von Clausewitz)
On War
84
Carl Von Clausewitz
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
85
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
86
Charles Darwin
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
87
Isak Dinesen
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela
88
Samuel Richardson
Paradise Regained (John Milton)
Paradise Regained
89
John Milton
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
90
Nella Larsen
Pedro Paramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Paramo
91
Juan Rulfo
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
92
Norton Juster
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
93
John Bunyan
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda (Pablo Neruda)
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
94
Pablo Neruda
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
95
Henry James
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
96
James Joyce
The Power and the Glory (Grahame Greene)
The Power and the Glory
97
Grahame Greene
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
98
George Bernard Shaw
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
99
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Rashomon (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon
100
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
101
Stendhal
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
102
William L. Shirer
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
103
Luo Guanzhong
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
104
Alex Haley
Sappho (Sappho)
Sappho
105
Sappho
The Selected Poems of Du Fu (Burton Watson)
The Selected Poems of Du Fu
106
Burton Watson
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
107
Anton Chekhov
Shakespeare's Sonnets (Shakespeare, William)
Shakespeare's Sonnets
108
Shakespeare, William
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
109
George Eliot
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage (Translator))
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
110
Simon Armitage (Translator)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
111
Kurt Vonnegut
Songs of Innocence and Experience (William Blake)
Songs of Innocence and Experience
112
William Blake
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
113
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
114
William Faulkner
The Tale of the Heike (Anonymous)
The Tale of the Heike
115
Anonymous
Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich
116
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
117
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass, Trans. Breon Mitchell)
The Tin Drum
118
Günter Grass, Trans. Breon Mitchell
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
119
Virginia Woolf
Travels of Marco Polo (Marco Polo)
Travels of Marco Polo
120
Marco Polo
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