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The Greatest Books Ever Written - Page 2

Taken from the latest updated version of The Greatest Books list (thegreatestbooks.org), this list is generated from 128 "best of" book lists from a variety of great sources. An algorithm is used to create a master list based on how many lists a particular book appears on. Some lists count more than others. I generally trust "best of all time" lists voted by authors and experts over user-generated lists. On the lists that are actually ranked, the book that is 1st counts a lot more than the book that's 100th.
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Anton Chekhov's Short Stories (Ralph E. Matlaw)
Anton Chekhov's Short Stories
41
Ralph E. Matlaw
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
42
Ernest Hemingway
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
43
Charles Dickens
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
44
James Joyce
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
45
Salman Rushdie
Collected Fictions
Collected Fictions
46
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Martin Rowson)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
47
Martin Rowson
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
48
Walt Whitman
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
49
Virgil
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
50
Voltaire
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
51
J.R.R. Tolkien
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
52
Victor Hugo
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
53
Thomas Mann
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
54
E.M. Forster
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
55
Ernest Hemingway
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
56
Chinua Achebe
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
57
Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka
58
Franz Kafka
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
59
Henry James
Pale Fire (Charles Kinbote)
Pale Fire
60
Charles Kinbote
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
61
Fyodor Dostoevsky
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
62
William Faulkner
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Oedipus the King
63
Sophocles
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
64
Alice Walker
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
65
Margaret Mitchell
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
66
William Golding
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
67
Aldous Huxley
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
68
Edgar Allen Poe
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
69
Jane Austen
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
70
Edith Wharton
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
71
Nikolai Gogol
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
72
Jack Kerouac
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
73
Ford Madox Ford
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
74
George Orwell
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
75
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
76
Franz Kafka
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
77
Mary Shelley
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
78
William Makepeace Thackeray
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
79
Malcolm Lowry
The Waste Land (T. S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
80
T. S. Eliot
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