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The Best Literature for Adults - A Sampling - Page 5

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 Coldest Winter Ever (Sister Souljah)
The Coldest Winter Ever
161
Sister Souljah
The Man Who Loved Dogs (Leonardo Padura)
The Man Who Loved Dogs
162
Leonardo Padura
Indian Horse (Richard Wagamese)
Indian Horse
163
Richard Wagamese
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
164
Alex Haley
Stone Butch Blues (Leslie Feinberg)
Stone Butch Blues
165
Leslie Feinberg
When Nietzsche Wept (Irvin D. Yalom)
When Nietzsche Wept
166
Irvin D. Yalom
To Live (Yu Hua)
To Live
167
Yu Hua
Alamut (Vladimir Bartol)
Alamut
168
Vladimir Bartol
The Possessed (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Possessed
169
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Primeval and Other Times (Olga Tokarczuk)
Primeval and Other Times
170
Olga Tokarczuk
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories
171
Alice Munro
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
172
H.P. Lovecraft
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
173
Terry Pratchett
The War of the End of the World (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The War of the End of the World
174
Mario Vargas Llosa
Água Viva (Clarice Lispector)
Água Viva
175
Clarice Lispector
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
176
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
177
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
178
Robert Musil
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec, Trans. David Bellos)
Life: A User's Manual
179
Georges Perec, Trans. David Bellos
Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
Cosmicomics
180
Italo Calvino
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
181
Kurt Vonnegut
Suttree (Cormac McCarthy)
Suttree
182
Cormac McCarthy
The Night in Question (Tobias Wolff)
The Night in Question
183
Tobias Wolff
The Women of Brewster Place (Gloria Naylor)
The Women of Brewster Place
184
Gloria Naylor
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
185
Dalton Trumbo
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
186
Thomas Mann
War With the Newts (Karel Čapek)
War With the Newts
187
Karel Čapek
Pereira Declares: A Testimony (Antonio Tabucchi)
Pereira Declares: A Testimony
188
Antonio Tabucchi
Barney's Version (Mordecai Richler)
Barney's Version
189
Mordecai Richler
The Egyptian (Mika Waltari)
The Egyptian
190
Mika Waltari
Collected Ghost Stories (M.R. James)
Collected Ghost Stories
191
M.R. James
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
192
Helen Dewitt
Resurrection (Leo Tolstoy)
Resurrection
193
Leo Tolstoy
Missing Soluch (Mahmoud Dowlatabadi)
Missing Soluch
194
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
195
John Irving
A Fraction of the Whole (Steve Toltz)
A Fraction of the Whole
196
Steve Toltz
Birds Without Wings (Louis De Bernieres)
Birds Without Wings
197
Louis De Bernieres
Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives (David Eagleman)
Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives
198
David Eagleman
The Moon and Sixpence (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Moon and Sixpence
199
W. Somerset Maugham
Through Black Spruce (Joseph Boyden)
Through Black Spruce
200
Joseph Boyden
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