Must Read Classics

My favorite books are the classics. I'm always searching for "new" classics to read, ones I've not heard of or have overlooked. Let me know which ones you love!

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201	Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare 4.25 avg rating — 111,060 ratings score: 2,632, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
202	To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 3.81 avg rating — 209,376 ratings score: 2,620, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
203	The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1) by Beatrix Potter 4.22 avg rating — 256,117 ratings score: 2,612, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
204	The Tempest by William Shakespeare 3.78 avg rating — 223,605 ratings score: 2,556, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
205	Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 4.03 avg rating — 370,014 ratings score: 2,513, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
206	Faust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 3.83 avg rating — 84,593 ratings score: 2,478, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
207	Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card 4.31 avg rating — 1,456,289 ratings score: 2,427, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
208	The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 3.97 avg rating — 104,186 ratings score: 2,424, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
209	The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 4.20 avg rating — 303,222 ratings score: 2,409, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
210	The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 4.14 avg rating — 339,347 ratings score: 2,386, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
211	Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3.90 avg rating — 47,403 ratings score: 2,369, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
212	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) by Roald Dahl 4.17 avg rating — 917,106 ratings score: 2,363, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
213	Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls 4.12 avg rating — 435,152 ratings score: 2,339, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
214	Dubliners by James Joyce 3.84 avg rating — 171,598 ratings score: 2,328, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
215	Blindness by José Saramago 4.18 avg rating — 328,577 ratings score: 2,287, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
216	Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner 4.24 avg rating — 61,507 ratings score: 2,255, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
217	White Fang by Jack London 4.05 avg rating — 281,850 ratings score: 2,241, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
218	The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis 4.27 avg rating — 504,535 ratings score: 2,200, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
219	Native Son by Richard Wright 4.04 avg rating — 103,681 ratings score: 2,179, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
220	Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.15 avg rating — 430,736 ratings score: 2,176, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
220	On the Road by Jack Kerouac 3.61 avg rating — 441,400 ratings score: 2,176, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
222	The Stand by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 819,581 ratings score: 2,128, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
223	The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett 3.87 avg rating — 113,803 ratings score: 2,040, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
224	The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain 3.87 avg rating — 124,408 ratings score: 2,012, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
225	Worm Holes (Quantum Roots, #2) by Kyle Keyes (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 2,105 ratings score: 2,010, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
226	The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare 3.78 avg rating — 200,115 ratings score: 1,999, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
227	Richard III by William Shakespeare 3.91 avg rating — 57,537 ratings score: 1,964, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
228	The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 3.97 avg rating — 62,033 ratings score: 1,960, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
229	The Scopas Factor by Vincent Panettiere (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 543 ratings score: 1,933, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
230	The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson 4.28 avg rating — 105,996 ratings score: 1,931, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
231	The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 4.03 avg rating — 127,509 ratings score: 1,924, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
232	The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 4.11 avg rating — 530,229 ratings score: 1,901, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
233	The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) by Raymond Chandler 3.94 avg rating — 166,248 ratings score: 1,897, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
234	The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 3.69 avg rating — 150,668 ratings score: 1,887, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
235	The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery 4.31 avg rating — 53,525 ratings score: 1,862, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
236	Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 3.45 avg rating — 135,654 ratings score: 1,859, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
237	Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner 4.16 avg rating — 49,978 ratings score: 1,853, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
238	The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X 4.37 avg rating — 286,826 ratings score: 1,841, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
239	The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen 3.98 avg rating — 29,889 ratings score: 1,815, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
240	Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49,490 ratings score: 1,807, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
241	The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 348,270 ratings score: 1,785, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
242	The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen 4.29 avg rating — 108,285 ratings score: 1,781, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
243	Anthem by Ayn Rand 3.61 avg rating — 164,941 ratings score: 1,776, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
244	Hunger by Knut Hamsun 4.04 avg rating — 63,126 ratings score: 1,773, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
244	The Shadow Girl by Misty Mount (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 2,403 ratings score: 1,773, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
246	The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 4.02 avg rating — 236,693 ratings score: 1,739, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
247	Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell 3.88 avg rating — 346,911 ratings score: 1,723, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
248	How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn 4.21 avg rating — 18,563 ratings score: 1,721, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
249	The Candidate and other stories by Samuel R. George 4.43 avg rating — 187 ratings score: 1,719, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
250	Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.17 avg rating — 214,332 ratings score: 1,687, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
251	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 3.99 avg rating — 117,536 ratings score: 1,682, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
252	The Red and the Black by Stendhal 3.86 avg rating — 81,782 ratings score: 1,678, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
253	My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok 4.24 avg rating — 43,064 ratings score: 1,675, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
254	The Shining (The Shining, #1) by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 1,662,405 ratings score: 1,662, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
255	I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 3.99 avg rating — 113,762 ratings score: 1,651, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
256	Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake 4.09 avg rating — 51,215 ratings score: 1,645, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
257	Villette by Charlotte Brontë 3.78 avg rating — 79,012 ratings score: 1,614, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
258	Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak 4.01 avg rating — 101,642 ratings score: 1,604, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
259	Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 3.84 avg rating — 218,428 ratings score: 1,598, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
259	A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick 4.03 avg rating — 108,748 ratings score: 1,598, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
261	Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) by Toni Morrison 3.97 avg rating — 480,462 ratings score: 1,589, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
262	Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 124,539 ratings score: 1,585, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
263	The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James 3.80 avg rating — 84,351 ratings score: 1,583, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
264	An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser 3.97 avg rating — 38,404 ratings score: 1,570, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
265	The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe 4.14 avg rating — 71,567 ratings score: 1,559, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
266	Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 4.36 avg rating — 28,294 ratings score: 1,553, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
267	Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.77 avg rating — 147,566 ratings score: 1,552, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
268	The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 3.96 avg rating — 1,018,761 ratings score: 1,545, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
269	Foundation (Foundation, #1) by Isaac Asimov 4.17 avg rating — 584,985 ratings score: 1,534, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
270	The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran 4.23 avg rating — 323,182 ratings score: 1,506, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
271	The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe 4.40 avg rating — 292,632 ratings score: 1,504, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
272	Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 110,100 ratings score: 1,501, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
273	The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 3.79 avg rating — 485,289 ratings score: 1,495, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
274	A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf 4.22 avg rating — 250,243 ratings score: 1,485, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
275	The Princess Bride by William Goldman 4.27 avg rating — 939,792 ratings score: 1,483, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
276	Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs 3.46 avg rating — 97,343 ratings score: 1,473, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
277	Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 3.83 avg rating — 47,157 ratings score: 1,456, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
278	A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines 3.98 avg rating — 63,328 ratings score: 1,453, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
279	Metamorphoses by Ovid 4.10 avg rating — 76,878 ratings score: 1,445, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
280	The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) by Arthur Conan Doyle 3.89 avg rating — 173,869 ratings score: 1,431, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
281	Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand 4.06 avg rating — 89,794 ratings score: 1,405, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
282	Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 1,166,384 ratings score: 1,400, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
283	I, the Sun by Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 456 ratings score: 1,395, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
284	Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) by James Clavell 4.41 avg rating — 208,370 ratings score: 1,387, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
285	Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino 4.10 avg rating — 94,613 ratings score: 1,385, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
286	Stones (One True Child #5) by L.C. Conn (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 135 ratings score: 1,363, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
287	Harold and the Purple Crayon (Harold, #1) by Crockett Johnson 4.28 avg rating — 146,626 ratings score: 1,340, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
288	A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 333,635 ratings score: 1,339, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
289	The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 4.24 avg rating — 118,649 ratings score: 1,334, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
290	Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker 3.46 avg rating — 6,929 ratings score: 1,333, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
291	The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry 4.11 avg rating — 99,935 ratings score: 1,330, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
292	Brainwalker by Robyn Mundell (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 9,977 ratings score: 1,299, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
293	Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger 3.96 avg rating — 236,568 ratings score: 1,287, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
294	Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire 4.20 avg rating — 78,477 ratings score: 1,285, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
295	Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham 4.15 avg rating — 60,709 ratings score: 1,284, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
296	Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 3.77 avg rating — 41,479 ratings score: 1,276, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
297	Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling 4.05 avg rating — 49,287 ratings score: 1,271, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
298	Novel with Cocaine by M. Agueev 3.84 avg rating — 3,549 ratings score: 1,270, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
299	Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) by Johanna Spyri 4.04 avg rating — 209,497 ratings score: 1,267, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
300	Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 4.15 avg rating — 124,867 ratings score: 1,254, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Silvana (new)

Sep 04, 2008 07:03PM

there are two "to kill a mockingbird". how to delete one?

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message 2: by Taylor (new)

Mar 03, 2009 02:38PM

Existing the Moments/Taylor DiVico

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message 3: by Bettie (new)

Jun 21, 2009 10:00AM

Silvana wrote: "there are two "to kill a mockingbird". how to delete one?"

there are three wuthering heights - i voted for 'em all

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message 4: by Jordan (new)

Jan 16, 2010 01:48PM

You've a bit of Russian lit on here. If you enjoy it, and you've not read these already, you might try:

Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita"
Nikolai Gogol's "Dead Souls"

The team of Pevear and Volokhonsky is my current favorite for Russian to English translation whenever I can find them. They do very well capturing the "flavor" and sensibilities of the original Russian.

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message 5: by Conrad (new)

Feb 17, 2010 03:44PM

I give it a week before the Bible or Book of Mormon supplants Camus as number one.

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message 6: by Julie (new)

Mar 29, 2011 01:52PM

This is a great list! Eventually I'll work my way through it...lol

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message 7: by Emily (new)

Apr 08, 2011 06:23AM

It's nice to know someone else is enjoying these books besides me! If only I could find someone in High School who enjoys them this much! Love your list and will hopefully be able to make it through all 456 books!!!

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message 8: by [deleted user] (new)

Jun 19, 2011 08:48PM

Emily, I love these books. Some strange ones slipped in this list but I really like them on the whole.

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message 9: by [deleted user] (new)

Sep 18, 2011 06:12PM

Some of these are not classics yet.

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message 10: by Anne (new)

Sep 19, 2011 11:36PM

Great list! I'm a lover of classics myself, and if you haven't read them already, I highly recommend "La dame aux camelias" by Alexandre Dumas fils and "Manon Lescaut" by L'Abbe Prevost. They are some really great books that have been much neglected by readers. These two stories are similar but not alike.

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message 11: by [deleted user] (new)

Sep 20, 2011 12:15AM

Anne wrote: "Great list! I'm a lover of classics myself, and if you haven't read them already, I highly recommend "La dame aux camelias" by Alexandre Dumas fils and "Manon Lescaut" by L'Abbe Prevost. They are ..."

Anne, I just downloaded Manon Lescaut from Project Gutenberg. I could not find Dumas' La Dame aux Camelias. Thank you for the suggestions. I will find it somewhere else.

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message 12: by Candycloud (new)

Nov 04, 2011 11:54AM

Harry Potter isn't a classic!

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message 13: by Candycloud (last edited Nov 05, 2011 03:22AM) (new)

Nov 04, 2011 11:55AM

And diary of a wimpy kid dog days! What on earth?

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message 14: by Candycloud (new)

Nov 04, 2011 11:56AM

Charlotte's web should be on that list. Its a true classic.

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message 15: by Tara (new)

Dec 23, 2011 06:22AM

There are several repeats, I noticed The Bible, "To Kill a Mockingbird," "I capture the Castle," and "Metamorphosis."
They are the different formats of the same book on here twice.... Can it be fixed?

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message 16: by Candycloud (new)

Dec 23, 2011 06:55AM

Librarians' can change it, I think.

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message 17: by Danielle (new)

Dec 23, 2011 08:59AM

I removed diary of a wimpy kid from the list, but I am not sure if I should remove Harry Potter or not since I don't know how old a book can be before it is deemed a "classic."

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message 18: by Danielle (new)

Dec 23, 2011 09:08AM

I tried to do a check for duplicates but some of the books are wierd. For example, there is a 7 in one book for the Chronicles of Narnia, but there is also the first two in separate places on the list. Unfortunately, those can't be combined and if I delete one than votes will be lost, also being on the delete book page scares me, because if I delete something I shouldn't than my librarian privileges could be revoked. I value my librarian status too much to risk that.

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message 19: by Candycloud (new)

Dec 23, 2011 09:15AM

Hmm... hard.

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message 20: by Lobsang (new)

Feb 24, 2012 08:43PM

Great books!

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message 21: by Victoria (new)

Mar 17, 2012 05:28PM

Danielle wrote: "I removed diary of a wimpy kid from the list, but I am not sure if I should remove Harry Potter or not since I don't know how old a book can be before it is deemed a "classic.""

I know that it has been a while but I agree with your decision to keep Harry Potter. It may not be a classic now, exactly, but I believe that one day it will be.

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message 22: by Dorothy (new)

Nov 23, 2012 11:07AM

Can anyone recommend a publisher of hard cover classics? Or a book club where I can purchase them? I'd like to begin a library to pass on to my family's future generations. Thank you.

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message 23: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Nov 23, 2012 11:44AM

There's the Library of America. http://www.loa.org/

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message 24: by [deleted user] (new)

Dec 20, 2012 01:26PM

Classics are just phenomenal! They are basis of books today and a reason why I keep reading!

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message 25: by Greg (new)

Feb 25, 2013 08:29AM

I discuss many classics, authors and writing. An open discussion for all.
www.descriptivephrases.com

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message 26: by Minnie (new)

Apr 19, 2013 05:49AM

Anne wrote: "Great list! I'm a lover of classics myself, and if you haven't read them already, I highly recommend "La dame aux camelias" by Alexandre Dumas fils and "Manon Lescaut" by L'Abbe Prevost. They are ..."

It is impossible I have finally got somenone who loves La dame aux camelias, this story is one of the best love stories EVER>

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message 27: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jun 16, 2013 09:14AM

It's pretty easy to add books to lists; at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."

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message 28: by Misfit (new)

Jul 09, 2013 11:07AM

Susanna wrote: "It's pretty easy to add books to lists; at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes.""

How does #181 Isn't It Pretty To Think So? qualify for this list?

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message 29: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jul 09, 2013 11:41AM

Because those same 12 people have spammed it on 27 pages of Listopias! (Was 28, but I removed it from a few, like "Time's Top 10 Novels of 2012," which it wasn't.)

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message 30: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jul 09, 2013 11:42AM

Removed, because a book published in 2012 is not a classic in the terms of this list:

Isn't It Pretty To Think So?

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message 31: by Moses (new)

Jul 25, 2013 05:43AM

some books are not classics and so should be removed

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message 32: by Theresa~OctoberLace (new)

Aug 04, 2013 08:58AM

Thanks for this list!

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message 33: by Bekka (new)

Aug 08, 2013 12:38PM

Dorothy wrote: "Can anyone recommend a publisher of hard cover classics? Or a book club where I can purchase them? I'd like to begin a library to pass on to my family's future generations. Thank you."

Great idea - building a library to pass on to future generations. Thanks for the idea!

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message 34: by [deleted user] (new)

Nov 10, 2013 07:32PM

The Godfather is a classic? I liked it but a classic?

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message 35: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Nov 10, 2013 08:35PM

The movie is a classic. Haven't read the book.

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message 36: by [deleted user] (new)

Nov 10, 2013 08:38PM

I read the book and the part about the horse was much too graphic. I would not call it a classic yet but I am not sure how that is determined.

Is there a list for classic movies? (will search)
thanks

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message 37: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Nov 11, 2013 09:52AM

There are several for movies, don't know if there's a list for that or not, though. (There's at least one of all of these, though: book and movie both good, book better than movie, movie better than book.)

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message 38: by Kate (new)

May 05, 2014 12:02PM

My definition of "classic" is about as liberal as you're going to find. In going through this list, I found and removed some titles published within the last ten-fifteen years:

The Fault In Our Stars
The Book Thief
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Dear John
Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope (this is a YA modernization of the classic Austen novel)
Code Name Verity
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... And It's All Small Stuff
Looking For Alaska
I Know This Much Is True
Angela's Ashes

Many of these books are good, but it's too soon to say whether they'll become classics for future readers.

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message 39: by Romi (last edited Jun 08, 2014 06:33AM) (new)

Jun 08, 2014 06:28AM

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia-Marques is the greatest novel of the twentieth century IMHO.
Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis is a great cycle of poetry.
The Illustrated Man by the late Ray Bradbury is excellent as are ANY OF HIS WRITINGS!
Other good reads:
The Devil's Storybook by Natalie Babbitt
Hawaii by James Mitchener
Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John A. Farrell
A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul

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message 40: by Bruce (new)

Feb 07, 2015 10:43AM

i have just retired an want a place to start reading,i have read a lot but want to read classics at this point, why? because i want to see what the great thinkers and writes had to draw on to get where they got with the knowledge they saw before them

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message 41: by GA (new)

Mar 24, 2015 07:47PM

I am very surprised to see The Scarlet Pimpernel on the list.

Although Baroness Orczy should be credited for creating the disguised-hero-alter-ego oeuvre, I don't think that she had any talent!

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message 42: by Carmen (new)

May 08, 2015 08:35PM

One of the best non-fiction short stories I ever read was Jack London's People of the Abyss. It is a harrowing sociological study of the East End of London around the time of Jack the Ripper. This is a great classic and one that most people should read if for no other reason than to put that time frame in context. You will be thanking God that you live in this time as opposed to that time after reading this book. It is available to download on gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1688

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message 43: by Greg (new)

May 10, 2015 08:59AM

Bruce wrote: "i have just retired an want a place to start reading,i have read a lot but want to read classics at this point, why? because i want to see what the great thinkers and writes had to draw on to get w..."
Hi Bruce, I retired from "corporate America" recently but am doing lots of different things now. I too am catching up on my reading. I think this list is a pretty good place to start. I've read seven of the top ten and Jane Eyre is next!

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message 44: by Shacoria (new)

Jun 01, 2015 11:30AM

This list is way too long. A lot of these aren't classics, especially the books on the latter pages.

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message 45: by Greg (new)

Jun 01, 2015 04:08PM

Greg wrote: "Bruce wrote: "i have just retired an want a place to start reading,i have read a lot but want to read classics at this point, why? because i want to see what the great thinkers and writes had to dr..."
Bruce, I read Jane Eyre. Worst book I've ever read. IF you dare read it, don't say I didn't warn you.

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message 46: by Sue (new)

Jun 28, 2015 06:57AM

what definition is being used for "classic" ? i'd say some are too recent to be included.

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message 47: by Karis (new)

Jul 15, 2015 06:59AM

I checked for duplicates and removed 17.

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message 48: by Victoria (new)

Aug 18, 2015 09:24PM

Why is there no Hunter S Thompson?

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message 49: by Victoria (new)

Aug 18, 2015 09:26PM

I went and typed this out on a spreadsheet & removed duplicates.
The Harry Potter series is in there at least three times, still.
From the 1046 I have 956 non-duplicated books.

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message 50: by Tyler (new)

Apr 22, 2016 11:16AM

I love the classics for sure, but I just don't get the fascination with Gatsby or Catcher in the Rye... just because it's old doesn't make it a classic.

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