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The 100 Best Classic Books to Read (Reedsy.com) - Page 2

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
41
Maya Angelou
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
42
Isaac Asimov
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
43
Primo Levi
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
44
Ralph Ellison
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
45
Charlotte Bronte
The Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en)
The Journey to the West
46
Wu Cheng'en
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
47
Octavia E. Butler
The Lonely Londoners (Sam Selvon)
The Lonely Londoners
48
Sam Selvon
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
49
William Golding
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
50
Gustave Flaubert
The Man Who Would Be King (Rudyard Kipling)
The Man Who Would Be King
51
Rudyard Kipling
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
52
George Eliot
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
53
Salman Rushdie
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
54
Herman Melville
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
55
Willa Cather
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
56
Umberto Eco
The Nether World (George Gissing)
The Nether World
57
George Gissing
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
58
George Orwell
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
59
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
60
Homer
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
61
Ernest Hemingway
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
62
Charles Darwin
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
63
Ken Kesey
One Thousand and One Nights (Anonimus)
One Thousand and One Nights
64
Anonimus
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism
65
Edward W. Said
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
66
Jane Austen
La Princesse De Clèves (Madame De La Fayette)
La Princesse De Clèves
67
Madame De La Fayette
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
68
Bernhard Schlink
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
69
Daphne Du Maurier
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
70
Virginia Woolf
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih)
Season of Migration to the North
71
Tayeb Salih
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
72
Simone De Beauvoir
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
73
Richard Dawkins
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
74
Stephen King
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
75
Hermann Hesse
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
76
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
77
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
78
Albert Camus
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
79
Vikram Seth
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
80
Murasaki Shikibu
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