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