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Readings in Retirement: Classics Old and New Read for Pleasure

As usual, I'm using the term "Classic" in its broadest possible sense: 1) Literary Merit; 2) cultural diversity and importance; 3) representation of era, genre, or style; and 4) sustained popularity. The list also is about what I take pleasure in reading; others will perhaps have differing opinions.
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1984 (Orwell)
1984
1
Orwell
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
2
Arthur Conan Doyle
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass (Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
3
Carroll
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
4
Anthony Doerr
All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
5
Remarque
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
6
Michael Chabon
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
7
Agatha Christie
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
8
George Orwell
Aubrey/Maturin Series
Aubrey/Maturin Series
9
August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
10
Solzhenitsyn
Background to Danger (Ambler)
Background to Danger
11
Ambler
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
12
Crossley-Holland
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock
13
Kenneth Fearing
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep
14
Chandler
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow
15
Robert Louis Stevenson
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
16
Kurt Vonnegut
The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
17
Dostoyevsky
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
18
Greene
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
19
Miller
Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini)
Captain Blood
20
Rafael Sabatini
Captains Courageous (Rudyard Kipling)
Captains Courageous
21
Rudyard Kipling
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
22
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
23
Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
24
Vonnegut
Childhood's End (Clarke)
Childhood's End
25
Clarke
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
26
Ambler
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
27
Greene
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
28
Alexandre Dumas
Darkness at Noon (Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
29
Koestler
The Day of the Triffids (Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
30
Wyndham
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls
31
Gogol
The Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)
The Diary of a Madman
32
Nikolai Gogol
Double Indemnity (Cain)
Double Indemnity
33
Cain
Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula
34
Stoker
Dune (Herbert)
Dune
35
Herbert
Dying Inside (Silverberg)
Dying Inside
36
Silverberg
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
37
Richard Russo
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
38
Edgar Allan Poe
Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely
39
Chandler
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
40
Ernest Hemingway
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