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Top 500 Books Per Greatestbooks.Org - Page 3

Here is a top 500 list as determined by proprietary algorithm at thegreatestbooks.org. It includes all genres across all time periods. Their calculation was done by pulling together and ranking the titles from 300 or so reputable lists (by writers, critics, editors, vox populi, etc).
Since much of these books are worth reading anyway, I sorted them by publication year instead of "popularity" for enhanced historical context and a sense of continuity.
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Old Goriot (Honoré De Balzac)
Old Goriot
81
Honoré De Balzac
Fairy Tales and Stories (Andersen)
Fairy Tales and Stories
82
Andersen
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
83
Alexis De Tocqueville
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
84
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
85
Charles Dickens
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
86
Stendhal
A Hero of Our Time (Mikhail Lermontov)
A Hero of Our Time
87
Mikhail Lermontov
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
88
Nikolai Gogol
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
89
Charles Dickens
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
90
Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
91
Alexandre Dumas
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
92
Frederick Douglass
Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Bette
93
Honoré De Balzac
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
94
Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
95
Charlotte Bronte
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
96
William Makepeace Thackeray
Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
Communist Manifesto
97
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
98
Charles Dickens
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
99
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
100
Herman Melville
The House of Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of Seven Gables
101
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
102
Charles Dickens
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
103
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
104
Henry David Thoreau
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
105
Walt Whitman
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
106
Gustave Flaubert
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil
107
Charles Baudelaire
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
108
Charles Darwin
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
109
Charles Dickens
Oblomov (Ivan Goncharov)
Oblomov
110
Ivan Goncharov
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
111
George Eliot
On Liberty (John Stuart Mill)
On Liberty
112
John Stuart Mill
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
113
Charles Dickens
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
114
Wilkie Collins
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
115
George Eliot
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
116
George Eliot
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
117
Victor Hugo
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
118
Ivan Turgenev
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
119
Charles Dickens
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
120
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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