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The Very Best Books According to Goodreads

There is no definitive Western canon. It's only an agreed-upon concept that the most important, significant, and worthy works of literature ought to be ranked and preserved based on their merit. So how do you even determine, of those books, which ones are truly the best of the best? Well, here's one option, according to Goodreads.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
3
Charlotte Bronte
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
4
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
5
William Shakespeare
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
6
Emily Bronte
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
7
Jane Austen
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
8
George Orwell
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
9
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
10
Mary Shelley
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
11
William Golding
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
12
William Shakespeare
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
13
Charles Dickens
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
14
J.D. Salinger
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
15
Jane Austen
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
16
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
17
Franz Kafka
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
18
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
19
Bram Stoker
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
20
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
21
William Shakespeare
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
22
Oscar Wilde
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
23
Jane Austen
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
24
Charles Dickens
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
25
Jane Austen
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
26
Ray Bradbury
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
27
Aldous Huxley
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
28
Leo Tolstoy
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
29
John Steinbeck
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
30
Charles Dickens
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
31
Homer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
32
Mark Twain
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
33
Virginia Woolf
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
34
Arthur Miller
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
35
Mark Twain
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
36
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Les Mis (Victor Hugo)
Les Mis
37
Victor Hugo
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
38
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
39
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
40
William Shakespeare
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