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The Greatest Fiction Books in a New Light - Page 5

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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The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
161
Franz Kafka
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
162
Ovid
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
163
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
164
Ernest Hemingway
Nostromo
Nostromo
165
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
166
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever
167
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
168
Thomas Hardy
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
169
Robert Louis Stevenson
Children's and Household Tales (Brothers Grimm)
Children's and Household Tales
170
Brothers Grimm
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
171
Stephen Crane
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
172
Italo Calvino
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
173
Hermann Hesse
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
174
Milan Kundera
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
175
Edward P. Jones
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
176
Evelyn Waugh
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
177
David Foster Wallace
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
178
James Baldwin
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
179
Anonymous
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
180
J. M. Coetzee
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
181
François Rabelais
The Possessed (Dostoyevsky)
The Possessed
182
Dostoyevsky
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
183
Charles Dickens
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
184
Stendhal
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
185
Euripides
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
186
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
187
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
188
E.M. Forster
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
189
Henry James
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
190
Stephen King
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
191
Charles Dickens
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
192
Jean Rhys
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
193
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
194
Roberto Bolano
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
195
Robert Musil
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
196
John Dos Passos
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
197
John Irving
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
198
Kazuo Ishiguro
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
199
Frank Herbert
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
200
John Irving
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