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These Are the Greatest Books Ever Written

These are the greatest books ever written. Based on a bunch of different lists people have made - I say "no" - THESE are the best books ever written.
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Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
1
Thomas Hardy
Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Decameron
2
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil
3
Charles Baudelaire
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
4
Daphne Du Maurier
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
5
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
6
Emily Dickinson
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
7
François Rabelais
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
8
John Milton
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
9
Stendhal
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
10
Richard Wright
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web
11
E. B. White
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
12
Margaret Atwood
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
13
Kurt Vonnegut
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
14
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
15
Gustave Flaubert
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
16
Franz Kafka
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
17
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
18
Ernest Hemingway
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
19
T.S. Eliot
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
20
Malcolm Lowry
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
21
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
22
Geoffrey Chaucer
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
23
Virginia Woolf
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
24
George Orwell
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
25
Ford Madox Ford
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
26
Jack Kerouac
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
27
Nikolai Gogol
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
28
Edith Wharton
The Complete Tales and Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems
29
Edgar Allan Poe
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
30
Aldous Huxley
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
31
William Golding
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
32
Margaret Mitchell
Devils (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Devils
33
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
34
Alice Walker
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
35
William Faulkner
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
36
Sophocles
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
37
Vladimir Nabokov
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
38
Mary Shelley
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
39
Henry James
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
40
Franz Kafka
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