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Watchmojo's Top 10 Classic English Language Authors

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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
1
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
2
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
3
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
4
Charles Dickens
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
5
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
6
George Orwell
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
7
George Orwell
The Road to Wigan Pier (George Orwell)
The Road to Wigan Pier
8
George Orwell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
9
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
10
John Steinbeck
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
11
John Steinbeck
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
12
John Steinbeck
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
13
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
14
Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court
15
Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Life on the Mississippi
16
Mark Twain
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
17
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
18
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
19
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
20
Ernest Hemingway
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
21
Virginia Woolf
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
22
Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
23
Virginia Woolf
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
24
Virginia Woolf
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
25
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
26
Kurt Vonnegut
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
27
Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
28
Kurt Vonnegut
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
29
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
30
William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
31
William Faulkner
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
32
William Faulkner
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
33
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
34
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
35
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
36
Jane Austen
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
37
James Joyce
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
38
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
39
James Joyce
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
40
James Joyce
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