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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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A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
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Caesar and Cleopatra
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Le Malade imaginaire
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle, #1)
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The Host (The Host, #1)
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| 807 |
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Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
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Tortilla Flat
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
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O Pioneers!
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The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
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James Dashner (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 1,646,504 ratings
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| 813 |
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The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1)
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Harry Potter Collection (Harry Potter, #1-6)
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The Happy Prince and Other Tales
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Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1)
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A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
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Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
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Charlaine Harris (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 557,477 ratings
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| 819 |
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Possession
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| 820 |
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She (She, #1)
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| 821 |
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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| 822 |
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Battle Cry
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4.17 avg rating — 10,234 ratings
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| 823 |
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Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
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| 824 |
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Red Sky at Morning
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| 824 |
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His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)
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4.29 avg rating — 167,114 ratings
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| 826 |
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 3,360,388 ratings
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| 827 |
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A Modern Declaration of Independence: Crimes Against Humanity and a New System
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Jakub Lasak (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings
score: 200,
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Stoner
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4.35 avg rating — 227,714 ratings
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| 829 |
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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4.15 avg rating — 386,194 ratings
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| 830 |
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The Battle of Chibi
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Hock G. Tjoa (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 45 ratings
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| 830 |
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Mother Night
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4.23 avg rating — 103,081 ratings
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| 832 |
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An Ideal Husband
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4.01 avg rating — 44,172 ratings
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| 832 |
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Heartsick (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #1)
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Chelsea Cain (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 42,997 ratings
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| 834 |
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Bambi: A Life in the Woods (Bambi, #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 53,382 ratings
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The Crimson Petal and the White
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3.89 avg rating — 44,797 ratings
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Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
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Daniel Goleman (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 132,697 ratings
score: 196,
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Fablehaven (Fablehaven, #1)
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Brandon Mull (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 175,723 ratings
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| 838 |
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An Inspector Calls
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3.82 avg rating — 44,517 ratings
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Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
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3.59 avg rating — 62,804 ratings
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Johnny Got His Gun
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4.21 avg rating — 47,738 ratings
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| 841 |
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Laddie: A True Blue Story
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| 841 |
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Horton Hatches the Egg
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4.19 avg rating — 49,758 ratings
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| 841 |
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Cody: Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada
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3.95 avg rating — 371 ratings
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| 841 |
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Angelique (Angelique: Original version, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 3,096 ratings
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Captains Courageous
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3.85 avg rating — 22,218 ratings
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Sophie’s Choice
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4.17 avg rating — 93,826 ratings
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| 847 |
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Saint Joan
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3.78 avg rating — 9,546 ratings
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| 847 |
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Loving Ordinary Life: The Self-Help Book for People Who Are Tired of Self-Help Books
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Anastasia Petrenko (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 99 ratings
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| 849 |
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Everything is Illuminated
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Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 183,097 ratings
score: 192,
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| 850 |
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The Counterfeiters
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3.83 avg rating — 10,198 ratings
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| 850 |
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Caught
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Harlan Coben (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 80,560 ratings
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| 850 |
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Never Let Me Go
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Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 824,267 ratings
score: 190,
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| 853 |
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The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1)
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4.05 avg rating — 9,590 ratings
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Palace of Desire
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The Westing Game
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3.99 avg rating — 231,482 ratings
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| 856 |
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The Last Picture Show
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4.01 avg rating — 20,692 ratings
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| 856 |
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Sugar Street
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4.28 avg rating — 9,411 ratings
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The Emigrants (The Emigrants, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 9,570 ratings
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The Monk
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3.85 avg rating — 32,027 ratings
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| 860 |
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The Waves
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4.14 avg rating — 51,753 ratings
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| 860 |
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Go Down, Moses
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3.93 avg rating — 10,486 ratings
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days
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4.20 avg rating — 2,440 ratings
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| 860 |
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The Sword in the Stone (The Once and Future King, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 28,062 ratings
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| 864 |
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Emily's Quest (Emily, #3)
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4.13 avg rating — 21,631 ratings
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Jane of Lantern Hill
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4.21 avg rating — 10,933 ratings
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Ignorance
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3.81 avg rating — 27,221 ratings
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Gravity’s Rainbow
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Queen Margot
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The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)
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Peter S. Beagle (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 120,267 ratings
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Howards End
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3.96 avg rating — 93,831 ratings
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A Journal of the Plague Year
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3.55 avg rating — 11,652 ratings
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Before I Go to Sleep
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S.J. Watson (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 363,374 ratings
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| 873 |
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The Histories
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4.01 avg rating — 54,938 ratings
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| 873 |
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The Day of the Jackal
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4.27 avg rating — 143,552 ratings
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| 875 |
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Three Novels: Midaq Alley / The Thief and the Dogs / Miramar
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3.90 avg rating — 217 ratings
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Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas
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| 875 |
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Still Missing
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Chevy Stevens (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 102,721 ratings
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| 878 |
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Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
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4.19 avg rating — 78,159 ratings
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
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3.66 avg rating — 29,572 ratings
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Na Drini ćuprija
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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
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4.30 avg rating — 702,922 ratings
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The Sixteen Satires
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| 878 |
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The Gargoyle
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Andrew Davidson (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 50,515 ratings
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| 878 |
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The Joy Luck Club
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Amy Tan (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 705,064 ratings
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| 886 |
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Miguel Street
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3.95 avg rating — 5,186 ratings
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| 887 |
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
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| 887 |
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Castle of Otranto
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| 887 |
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Just Listen
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 250,026 ratings
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Life of Pi
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3.94 avg rating — 1,734,549 ratings
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| 891 |
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Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
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| 891 |
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Medea
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3.95 avg rating — 85,023 ratings
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Typee: A Romance of the South Seas, with sequel: "The Story of Toby"
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Herman Melville (Editor)
3.56 avg rating — 5,947 ratings
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| 891 |
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Les Rois maudits
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Walk Two Moons
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| 896 |
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The Golden Ass
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3.85 avg rating — 16,858 ratings
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| 896 |
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
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4.26 avg rating — 145,188 ratings
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 787,295 ratings
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The Blind Assassin
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 161,876 ratings
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The Bridge Over the River Kwai
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there are two "to kill a mockingbird". how to delete one?
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Silvana wrote: "there are two "to kill a mockingbird". how to delete one?"there are three wuthering heights - i voted for 'em all
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.
I give it a week before the Bible or Book of Mormon supplants Camus as number one.
This is a great list! Eventually I'll work my way through it...lol
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!!!
Emily, I love these books. Some strange ones slipped in this list but I really like them on the whole.
Some of these are not classics yet.
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.
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.
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.
And diary of a wimpy kid dog days! What on earth?
Charlotte's web should be on that list. Its a true classic.
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?
Librarians' can change it, I think.
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 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.
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.
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.
Classics are just phenomenal! They are basis of books today and a reason why I keep reading!
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>
It's pretty easy to add books to lists; at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."
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?
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.)
Removed, because a book published in 2012 is not a classic in the terms of this list:Isn't It Pretty To Think So?
some books are not classics and so should be removed
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!
The Godfather is a classic? I liked it but a classic?
The movie is a classic. Haven't read the book.
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
Is there a list for classic movies? (will search)
thanks
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.)
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.
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
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
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!
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
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!
This list is way too long. A lot of these aren't classics, especially the books on the latter pages.
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.
what definition is being used for "classic" ? i'd say some are too recent to be included.
I checked for duplicates and removed 17.
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.
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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