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The Best Literature for Adults - A Sampling - Page 2

Stumbled across a GRAmazon list from a while back: the best literature for adults, the parameters being fiction, no series' entries, average rating of 4.00 or higher, at least 5000 ratings, nothing for children, either full length novels or short story collections, and no plays. Chewed through my own library under those guidelines, and here are the results.
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Phantom (Susan Kay)
Phantom
41
Susan Kay
Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's List
42
Thomas Keneally
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
43
James Baldwin
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
44
Margaret Mitchell
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
45
Mikhail Bulgakov
Any Human Heart (William Boyd)
Any Human Heart
46
William Boyd
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
47
Octavia Butler
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
48
Alexandre Dumas
The Gift of Rain (Tan Twan Eng)
The Gift of Rain
49
Tan Twan Eng
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
50
Isabel Allende
It (Stephen King)
It
51
Stephen King
The Thing Around Your Neck (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
The Thing Around Your Neck
52
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
53
John Irving
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
54
W. Somerset Maugham
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
55
George Orwell
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
56
William Styron
The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
The Discovery of Heaven
57
Harry Mulisch
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus
58
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Invisible Bridge (Julie Orringer)
The Invisible Bridge
59
Julie Orringer
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
60
Kurt Vonnegut
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
61
Virginia Woolf
Krik? Krak! (Edwidge Danticat)
Krik? Krak!
62
Edwidge Danticat
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
63
Jane Austen
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
64
Vladimir Nabokov
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
65
Julia Alvarez
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
66
Charlotte Brontë
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (Jorge Amado)
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
67
Jorge Amado
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
68
Hermann Hesse
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
69
Leo Tolstoy
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
70
Roberto Bolaño
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
71
Umberto Eco
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
72
Haruki Murakami
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
73
Elizabeth Gaskell
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
74
Dorothy Allison
Woman at Point Zero (Nawal El Saadawi)
Woman at Point Zero
75
Nawal El Saadawi
Eugene Onegin (Alexander Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
76
Alexander Pushkin
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
77
Toni Morrison
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
78
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
79
Toni Morrison
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
80
Ursula K. Le Guin
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