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Recommended List of Great Literary Works and Non-Fiction

A compendium of important classic and contemporary works of literature and non-fiction worth reading.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
3
Mark Twain
The Affluent Society (John Kenneth Galbraith)
The Affluent Society
4
John Kenneth Galbraith
Agamemnon
Agamemnon
5
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
6
Edith Wharton
The Age of Reform (Richard Hofstadter)
The Age of Reform
7
Richard Hofstadter
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
8
Lewis Carroll
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
9
Cormac McCarthy
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
10
Erich Maria Remarque
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
11
Michael Chabon
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
12
Kazuo Ishiguro
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (J. Locke)
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
13
J. Locke
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
14
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
15
Leo Tolstoy
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
16
Sophocles
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
17
William Shakespeare
Armies of the Night (Norman Mailer)
Armies of the Night
18
Norman Mailer
The Art of Loving (Erich Fromm)
The Art of Loving
19
Erich Fromm
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
20
William Faulkner
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
21
Ian McEwan
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
22
W.G. Sebald
Axel's Castle (Edmund Wilson)
Axel's Castle
23
Edmund Wilson
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
24
The Balcony (Jean Genet)
The Balcony
25
Jean Genet
The Bald Soprano (Eugène Ionesco)
The Bald Soprano
26
Eugène Ionesco
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
27
Carson McCullers
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
28
Anthony Trollope
Being and Nothingness (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Being and Nothingness
29
Jean-Paul Sartre
Being and Time (Martin Heidigger)
Being and Time
30
Martin Heidigger
Being There (Jerzy Kosinski)
Being There
31
Jerzy Kosinski
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
32
Toni Morrison
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
33
V.S. Naipaul
Beyond Freedom & Dignity (B.F. Skinner)
Beyond Freedom & Dignity
34
B.F. Skinner
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
35
Friedrich Nietzsche
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (Henry Miller)
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
36
Henry Miller
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor
37
Herman Melville
Black Skin, White Masks (Frantz Fanon)
Black Skin, White Masks
38
Frantz Fanon
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
39
Aldous Huxley
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
40
Truman Capote
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