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The Best Literature for Adults - A Sampling - Page 4

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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The Language of Flowers (Vanessa Diffenbaugh)
The Language of Flowers
121
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
122
Kurt Vonnegut
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
123
Jane Austen
Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
124
Jhumpa Lahiri
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
125
Lisa See
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
126
Juan Rulfo
The Post-Office Girl (Stefan Zweig)
The Post-Office Girl
127
Stefan Zweig
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
Kokoro
128
Natsume Soseki
'Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
'Salem's Lot
129
Stephen King
Alias Grace (Atwood)
Alias Grace
130
Atwood
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
131
Haruki Murakami
Tipping the Velvet (Sarah Waters)
Tipping the Velvet
132
Sarah Waters
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
133
Stephen King
Night Shift (Stephen King)
Night Shift
134
Stephen King
War for the Oaks (Emma Bull)
War for the Oaks
135
Emma Bull
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
136
Jeffrey Eugenides
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
137
James Baldwin
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
The Housekeeper and the Professor
138
Yoko Ogawa
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
139
John Steinbeck
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
140
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon
141
Neal Stephenson
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
142
Julio Cortázar
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
143
Stephen King
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
144
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Hunting and Gathering (Anna Gavalda)
Hunting and Gathering
145
Anna Gavalda
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
146
Ursula K. Le Guin
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
147
Jodi Picoult
An Untamed State (Roxane Gay)
An Untamed State
148
Roxane Gay
Cane River (Lalita Tademy)
Cane River
149
Lalita Tademy
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
150
Leo Tolstoy
Silence (Shusaku Endo)
Silence
151
Shusaku Endo
The Birth House (Ami McKay)
The Birth House
152
Ami McKay
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
153
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
154
Charles Dickens
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
155
Evelyn Waugh
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
156
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
157
Victor Hugo
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
158
Daniel Keyes
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
159
Arthur Golden
Death and the Dervish (Meša Selimović)
Death and the Dervish
160
Meša Selimović
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