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The Absolute Greatest Literary Classics

Cobbled together from The Novel 100, Time Magazine's 100 Best Novels Since 1923, and the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
2
William Faulkner
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
3
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4
Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
5
Edith Wharton
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
6
Lawrence Durrell
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
7
Robert Penn Warren
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
8
Henry James
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
9
Philip Roth
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
10
Theodore Dreiser
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose
11
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
12
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
13
Leo Tolstoy
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
14
John O'Hara
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
15
Judy Blume
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
16
William Faulkner
The Assistant
The Assistant
17
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
18
Flann O'Brien
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
19
Ian McEwan
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
20
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
21
Toni Morrison
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
22
V.S. Naipaul
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
23
Alfred Döblin
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories
24
Christopher Isherwood
The Betrothed
The Betrothed
25
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
26
Raymond Chandler
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
27
Charles Dickens
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
28
Margaret Atwood
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
29
Cormac McCarthy
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
30
Aldous Huxley
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
31
Evelyn Waugh
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
32
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
33
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
34
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
35
Henry Roth
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
36
Jack London
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
37
Voltaire
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
38
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
39
J.D. Salinger
Cities of Salt
Cities of Salt
40
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