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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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Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
81
Thornton Wilder
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
82
John Milton
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
83
E.M. Forster
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
84
Oscar Wilde
Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
Pinocchio
85
Carlo Collodi
Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
Poems of Emily Dickinson
86
Emily Dickinson
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
87
Jane Austen
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
88
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
89
Kahlil Gibran
Quran
Quran
90
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
91
Lorraine Hansberry
The Ramayana (R.K. Narayan)
The Ramayana
92
R.K. Narayan
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven
93
Edgar Allan Poe
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
94
Daphne Du Maurier
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
95
Stephen Crane
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
96
Plato
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
97
Daniel Defoe
The Ryme of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Ryme of the Ancient Mariner
98
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
99
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Selected Poems of Robert Frost (Robert Frost)
The Selected Poems of Robert Frost
100
Robert Frost
Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes
101
Arthur Conan Doyle
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
102
Hermann Hesse
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
103
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
104
Albert Camus
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
105
Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
106
Beatrix Potter
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
107
Charles Dickens
Tartuffe (Molière)
Tartuffe
108
Molière
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
109
Thomas Hardy
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
110
Zora Neale Hurston
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
111
Chinua Achebe
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
112
Alexandre Dumas
The Time Machine (H. G. Wells)
The Time Machine
113
H. G. Wells
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
114
Harper Lee
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
115
Robert Louis Stevenson
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
116
Jules Verne
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
117
James Joyce
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
118
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
119
Henry David Thoreau
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
120
Leo Tolstoy
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