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Must Read World Fiction

The books from the list are: (i) From all around the world; (ii)Considered classics; (iii) Fiction; (iv) A MUST for anyone who wishes to have a comprehensive repertoire of world literature.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
4
Joseph Heller
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
5
Leo Tolstoy
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
6
Jane Austen
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
7
Toni Morrison
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
8
John Steinbeck
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
9
Franz Kafka
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
10
Mark Twain
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
11
Charlotte Bronte
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
12
J.M. Barrie
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
13
Chinua Achebe
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
14
Victor Hugo
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
15
George Orwell
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
16
Alexandre Dumas
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
17
George Orwell
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
18
William Faulkner
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
19
Louisa May Alcott
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
20
Sophocles
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
21
J.D. Salinger
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
22
Homer
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
23
Sophocles
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
24
Leo Tolstoy
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
25
Marcel Proust
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
26
Hermann Hesse
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
27
Jonathan Swift
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
28
George Eliot
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
29
Edith Wharton
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
30
Aldous Huxley
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
31
T.S. Eliot
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
32
Geoffrey Chaucer
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
33
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
34
John Steinbeck
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
35
Homer
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
36
Daphne Du Maurier
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
37
James Joyce
Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
Tale of Two Cities
38
Charles Dickens
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
39
William Shakespeare
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
40
Anonymous
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