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The Very Best Books According to Goodreads - Page 3

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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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
81
William Faulkner
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
82
Anthony Burgess
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
83
Anne Brontë
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
84
John Bunyan
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
85
Julio Cortázar
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
86
Vladimir Nabokov
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
87
Angela Carter
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
88
Tennessee Williams
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
89
Leo Tolstoy
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
90
Hermann Hesse
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
91
Joseph Heller
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
92
Lewis Carroll
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
93
Djuna Barnes
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
94
John Updike
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
95
Alexandre Dumas
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
96
Arthur Conan Doyle
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
97
Gustave Flaubert
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
98
Franz Kafka
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
99
Kate Chopin
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
100
Edith Wharton
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