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The Greatest Fiction Books in a New Light - Page 6

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 Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
201
Carson McCullers
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
202
V.S. Naipaul
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
203
A.S. Byatt
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
204
Gabriel García Márquez
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
205
Ray Bradbury
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
206
Edith Wharton
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
207
Ayn Rand
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
208
Saul Bellow
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
209
Dashiell Hammett
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
210
Don Delillo
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
211
Norman Mailer
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
212
William Styron
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
213
V.S. Naipaul
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
214
William Gibson
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
215
Marilynne Robinson
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil
216
Charles Baudelaire
Father Goriot
Father Goriot
217
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
218
Henrik Ibsen
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
219
William Shakespeare
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
220
Thomas Mann
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
221
Virginia Woolf
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
222
Jules Verne
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
223
William Shakespeare
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
224
Anonymous
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
225
Albert Camus
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
226
Betty Smith
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
227
James Joyce
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
228
Muriel Spark
Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
Rabbit Redux
229
John Updike
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
230
Ayn Rand
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
231
James Joyce
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
232
Alexandre Dumas
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
233
Hilary Mantel
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
234
Thomas Wolfe
Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
Pilgrim's Progress
235
John Bunyan
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
236
Sir Thomas Malory
2004: The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
2004: The Line of Beauty
237
Alan Hollinghurst
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
238
Amy Tan
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
239
Markus Zusak
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
240
Sherwood Anderson
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