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Overlap of 3 Mega Book Lists (Boxall, Mustich and Guardian)

I've decided to see what the three major lists of literary inspiration agree on as in fact "must read". Distilling the list of over 3000+ books down to just 160 as an overlap between Boxall, Mustich and Guardian lists of fiction. I cannot guarantee 100% accuracy as I may have overlooked a few things in the process of cross referencing, but I am quite sure this is close enough.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
2
Saul Bellow
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
3
Edith Wharton
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
4
Lewis Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
5
Erich Maria Remarque
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
6
Michael Chabon
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
7
Philip Roth
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
8
Leo Tolstoy
At Swim-Two-Brids (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Brids
9
Flann O'Brien
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
10
Kate Chopin
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
11
Toni Morrison
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
12
Raymond Chandler
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
13
Charles Dickens
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
14
Tom Wolfe
Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
Book of Laughter and Forgetting
15
Milan Kundera
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
16
Aldous Huxley
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
17
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
18
Henry Roth
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
19
Jack London
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
20
Voltaire
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
21
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
22
J.D. Salinger
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
23
Margaret Atwood
Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
Cider With Rosie
24
Laurie Lee
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
25
Anthony Burgess
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
26
Stella Gibbons
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
27
Alice Walker
The Count of Monte-Cristo
The Count of Monte-Cristo
28
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
29
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton, 1948)
Cry, the Beloved Country
30
Alan Paton, 1948
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
31
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
32
John Wyndham
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
33
Nikolai Gogol
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
34
Philip K Dick
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
35
Boris Pasternak
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
36
Miguel De Cervantes
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
37
Bram Stoker
The Drowned World (JG Ballard)
The Drowned World
38
JG Ballard
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
39
Jane Austen
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
40
Graham Greene
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