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The Greatest Fiction Books in a New Light - Page 4

This is quite a solid list of "classic" reads. It comprises works of fiction that appear on 7 or more of the 119 "best of" book lists used by the algorithm at thegreatestbooks.org. The top 25 are each on 30 or more lists (books are ranked in descending order of list appearances; books with the same number of appearances are further separated by their original score at the site). This new list uses a snapshot of the site as at mid-February 2019.
This ranking system variant seems to favour novels over drama, poetry & collections of short stories; English over other languages; 20th century over other eras. It tips the balance away from books that originally scored highly from just a single list e.g. that of a Scandinavian jury.
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Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
121
Sophocles
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
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D.H. Lawrence
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
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Willa Cather
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
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Walker Percy
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
125
Daphne Du Maurier
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
126
Alexandre Dumas
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
127
John Kennedy Toole
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
128
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
129
Saul Bellow
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
130
Erich Maria Remarque
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim
131
Kinglsey Amis
Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence
132
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
133
Nikolai Gogol
Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)
Fairy Tales
134
Hans Christian Anderson
The Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Poems of Emily Dickinson
135
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
136
W.B. Yeats
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
137
Murasaki Shikibu
Howard's End (Forster)
Howard's End
138
Forster
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
139
Joseph Conrad
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
140
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
141
Doris Lessing
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
142
Louisa May Alcott
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
143
D.H. Lawrence
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
144
Zadie Smith
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
145
Boris Pasternak
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
146
John Updike
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
147
C.S. Lewis
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
148
John Steinbeck
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
149
John Updike
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
150
William Faulkner
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
151
Bram Stoker
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
152
Robert Graves
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
153
Haruki Murakami
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
154
Marilynne Robinson
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
155
Toni Morrison
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
156
Henry Miller
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
157
Sylvia Plath
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
158
Tim O'Brien
Money by Martin Amis
Money by Martin Amis
159
The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia
160
Aeschylus
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