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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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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
41
Aldous Huxley
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
42
John Irving
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
43
Shirley Jackson
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
44
Henry James
Short Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett (Sarah Orne Jewett)
Short Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett
45
Sarah Orne Jewett
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
46
Jack Kerouac
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
47
Sue Monk Kidd
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
48
Barbara Kingsolver
Collected Stories of Rudyard Kipling
Collected Stories of Rudyard Kipling
49
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
50
John Knowles
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
51
D.H. Lawrence
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
52
Harper Lee
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
53
Sinclair Lewis
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
54
Jack London
The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
The Fixer
55
Bernard Malamud
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
56
Thomas Mann
Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield)
Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield
57
Katherine Mansfield
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
58
W. Somerset Maugham
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
59
Cormac McCarthy
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
The Member of the Wedding
60
Carson McCullers
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
61
Ian McEwan
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
62
Larry McMurtry
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
63
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
64
Margaret Mitchell
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
65
Toni Morrison
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
66
Vladimir Nabokov
In the Lake of the Woods
In the Lake of the Woods
67
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
68
George Orwell
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
69
Boris Pasternak
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
70
Alan Paton
Complete Tales and Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe
Complete Tales and Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe
71
The Shipping News (E.Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
72
E.Annie Proulx
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
73
Erich Maria Remarque
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
74
Marilynne Robinson
Giants of the Earth
Giants of the Earth
75
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
76
Philip Roth
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
77
Richard Russo
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
78
J.D. Salinger
Gaudy Night
Gaudy Night
79
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
80
Mary Shelley
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