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Penguin's 100 Must Read Classics, Chosen by Readers (2020)

This list is taken from https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2018/100-must-read-classic-books/#top.
100 must-read classic books, as chosen by their readers.
Not ranked in any particular order.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
4
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
5
Truman Capote
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
6
Jean Rhys
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
7
Aldous Huxley
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
8
Dodie Smith
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
9
Charlotte Bronte
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
10
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
11
Donna Tartt
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
12
Jack London
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
13
John Wyndham
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
14
Jane Austen
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
15
Herman Melville
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S.Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
16
C.S.Lewis
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
17
Virginia Woolf
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
18
Elizabeth Bowen
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
19
F. Scott Fitzgerald
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
20
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
21
Aldous Huxley
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
22
Dodie Smith
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
23
Charlotte Bronte
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
24
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
25
Donna Tartt
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
26
Jack London
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
27
Jane Austen
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Adrian Mitchell)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
28
Adrian Mitchell
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
29
Virginia Woolf
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
30
Elizabeth Bowen
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
31
Thomas Hardy
Frankenstein (Shelley)
Frankenstein
32
Shelley
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
33
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go-Between
34
L.P. Hartley
1962 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
1962 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
35
Ken Kesey
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
36
George Orwell
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
37
Thomas Mann
The Grapes of Wrath (Https://Www2.Alibris-Static.com/The-Grapes-Of-Wrat)
The Grapes of Wrath
38
Https://Www2.Alibris-Static.com/The-Grapes-Of-Wrat
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
39
Toni Morrison
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
40
P.G. Wodehouse
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