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The Best Literature for Adults - A Sampling - Page 3

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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Possessing the Secret of Joy (Alice Walker)
Possessing the Secret of Joy
81
Alice Walker
The Door (Magda Szabó)
The Door
82
Magda Szabó
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
83
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
84
Tove Jansson
The Absolutist (John Boyne)
The Absolutist
85
John Boyne
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery and Other Stories
86
Shirley Jackson
Open Secrets (Alice Munro)
Open Secrets
87
Alice Munro
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
88
Keri Hulme
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star
89
Clarice Lispector
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters
90
Junichiro Tanizaki
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (Maryse Condé)
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
91
Maryse Condé
Drown (Junot Díaz)
Drown
92
Junot Díaz
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
93
Jane Austen
The Moor's Account (Laila Lalami)
The Moor's Account
94
Laila Lalami
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Patrick Süskind)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
95
Patrick Süskind
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
96
Neal Stephenson
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
97
Sylvia Plath
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
98
Albert Camus
A Heart So White (Javier Marias)
A Heart So White
99
Javier Marias
Go, Went, Gone (Jenny Erpenbeck)
Go, Went, Gone
100
Jenny Erpenbeck
Jonny Appleseed (Joshua Whitehead)
Jonny Appleseed
101
Joshua Whitehead
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
102
Rohinton Mistry
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
103
Stephen King
Different Seasons (Stephen King)
Different Seasons
104
Stephen King
Dom Casmurro (Machado De Assis)
Dom Casmurro
105
Machado De Assis
Set This House in Order (Matt Ruff)
Set This House in Order
106
Matt Ruff
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
107
Min Jin Lee
We, the Drowned (Carsten Jensen)
We, the Drowned
108
Carsten Jensen
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
109
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
110
Daphne Du Maurier
Dictionary of the Khazars (Milorad Pavić)
Dictionary of the Khazars
111
Milorad Pavić
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale
112
Koushun Takami
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
113
Jhumpa Lahiri
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
114
Haruki Murakami
The Samurai's Garden (Gail Tsukiyama)
The Samurai's Garden
115
Gail Tsukiyama
Growth of the Soil (Knut Hamsun)
Growth of the Soil
116
Knut Hamsun
The Passion (Jeanette Winterson)
The Passion
117
Jeanette Winterson
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
118
Oscar Wilde
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
119
Christopher Isherwood
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
120
W. Somerset Maugham
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