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The Most Important of Important Classics - Page 2

Here you are, the most important of the important books in the world among the Classics! The parameters for Classics that I'm going with are: 1. transcends place and time (over generations), and 2. at least 50 years old (in 2025). Lots and lots and lots of polls and LISTS have been reviewed to determine which books made this list. Thousands, probably, of respondents helped narrow the field of contestants to these few.
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The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
41
Tennessee Williams
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
42
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
43
John Steinbeck
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
44
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
45
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
46
Jonathan Swift
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
47
Joseph Conrad
The I Ching, or Book of Changes
The I Ching, or Book of Changes
48
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
49
Homer
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
50
Truman Capote
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
51
Marcel Proust
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
52
Ralph Ellison
Ivanhoe (Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
53
Walter Scott
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
54
Charlotte Bronte
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
55
Rudyard Kipling
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
Kokoro
56
Natsume Soseki
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
57
James Fenimore Cooper
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
58
Washington Irving
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
59
Victor Hugo
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
60
C.S. Lewis
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
61
Louisa May Alcott
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
62
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
63
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
64
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Mahabharata (Vyasa)
The Mahabharata
65
Vyasa
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
66
Marcus Aurelius
Metaphysics (Aristotle)
Metaphysics (Aristotle)
67
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
68
George Eliot
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
69
Herman Melville
Monkey King (Wu Cheng'en)
Monkey King
70
Wu Cheng'en
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
71
Virginia Woolf
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
72
Edgar Allan Poe
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
73
Willa Cather
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
74
George Orwell
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
75
Homer
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
76
Sophocles
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
77
Mary Shelley
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
78
Ernest Hemingway
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
79
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia
80
Aeschylus
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