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MPL Readable Fiction Classics

A list of readable fiction classics from Madison Public Library -- A classic is a work of enduring interest and appeal in which successive generations can find some truth that will not stale. Readable narrows our selection because although a classic, by our definition, has appeal, it may require a reader's determined effort to discern it. We call readable those books whose appeal is immediately apparent and continues throughout.
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
1
Louisa May Alcott
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
2
Margaret Atwood
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
4
James Baldwin
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
5
Saul Bellow
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
6
Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
7
Emily Brontë
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
8
Pearl S. Buck
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
9
Michael Chabon
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
10
Anthony Burgess
Cold Sassy Tree (Olive Burns)
Cold Sassy Tree
11
Olive Burns
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
12
Truman Capote
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
13
Willa Cather
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
14
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
15
Charles Dickens
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
16
E.L. Doctorow
Dancing at the Rascal Fair (Ivan Doig)
Dancing at the Rascal Fair
17
Ivan Doig
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (Michael Dorris)
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
18
Michael Dorris
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
19
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
20
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
21
Alexandre Dumas
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
22
Daphne Du Maurier
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
23
Ralph Ellison
The Reivers
The Reivers
24
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
25
Henry Fielding
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
26
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
27
E.M. Forster
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
28
Ernest J. Gaines
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
29
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
30
William Golding
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
31
Graham Greene
A Map of the World (Jane Hamilton)
A Map of the World
32
Jane Hamilton
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
33
Dashiell Hammett
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
34
Joseph Heller
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
35
Ernest Hemingway
Selected Stories of O. Henry
Selected Stories of O. Henry
36
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
37
Hermann Hesse
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
38
Khaled Hosseini
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
39
Victor Hugo
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
40
Zora Neale Hurston
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