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Top 100 Most Popular Classics - Page 2

These are not the classics you 'should' read, but the classics people actually read: the 100 most popular classic books of all time - based on number of ratings on Goodreads as of July 2022, sorted by publication date.
A book qualifies as a classic if it has been published over 50 years ago = before July 1972 (just my personal random assumption). It includes all genres except children's picture books - no other adjustments.
I'm at 21/100 and want to use this list as inspiration whenever I'm in the mood for a classic, maybe it inspires you to read more classics, too!
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Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
41
Hermann Hesse
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
42
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
43
Ernest Hemingway
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
44
Erich Maria Remarque
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
45
Aldous Huxley
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
46
Agatha Christie
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
47
Margaret Mitchell
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
48
John Steinbeck
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
49
J.R.R. Tolkien
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
50
Daphne Du Maurier
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
51
John Steinbeck
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
52
Agatha Christie
Mere Christianity (C. S. Lewis)
Mere Christianity
53
C. S. Lewis
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
54
Albert Camus
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
55
C.S. Lewis
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
56
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
57
Betty Smith
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
58
George Orwell
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
59
Viktor Frankl
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
60
Anne Frank
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
61
George Orwell
The Story of Art (E.H. Gombrich)
The Story of Art
62
E.H. Gombrich
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
63
C.S. Lewis
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
64
J.D. Salinger
Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation
65
Isaac Asimov
Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
Prince Caspian
66
C.S. Lewis
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
67
John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
68
Ernest Hemingway
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C. S. Lewis)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
69
C. S. Lewis
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
70
E.B. White
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
71
Arthur Miller
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
72
Ray Bradbury
The Fellowship of the Ring (J. R. R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
73
J. R. R. Tolkien
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
74
William Golding
The Two Towers (J R R Tolkien)
The Two Towers
75
J R R Tolkien
The Magician's Nephew (C. S. Lewis)
The Magician's Nephew
76
C. S. Lewis
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
77
Vladimir Nabokov
The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Return of the King
78
J.R.R. Tolkien
Night (Elie Weisel)
Night
79
Elie Weisel
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
80
Jack Kerouac
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