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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1	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,304,370 ratings score: 120,109, and 1,224 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
2	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.29 avg rating — 4,361,384 ratings score: 112,152, and 1,144 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
3	1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 4,770,489 ratings score: 81,662, and 844 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
4	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.15 avg rating — 2,135,455 ratings score: 80,234, and 829 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
5	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 5,372,855 ratings score: 64,505, and 675 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
6	Animal Farm by George Orwell 3.99 avg rating — 4,013,193 ratings score: 55,362, and 584 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
7	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.30 avg rating — 936,080 ratings score: 49,589, and 514 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
8	The Lord of the Rings (Middle Earth, #2-4) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.53 avg rating — 688,324 ratings score: 47,633, and 503 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
9	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 4.16 avg rating — 2,280,261 ratings score: 47,342, and 501 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
10	The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.29 avg rating — 4,099,826 ratings score: 44,392, and 481 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
11	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4.13 avg rating — 1,601,197 ratings score: 43,578, and 462 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
12	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.89 avg rating — 1,855,154 ratings score: 40,166, and 437 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
13	Hamlet by William Shakespeare 4.02 avg rating — 975,618 ratings score: 39,515, and 419 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
14	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.96 avg rating — 2,497,110 ratings score: 38,489, and 427 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
15	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.69 avg rating — 2,967,790 ratings score: 38,163, and 413 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
16	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,605,353 ratings score: 37,409, and 402 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
17	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.27 avg rating — 937,023 ratings score: 37,278, and 398 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
18	Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.87 avg rating — 1,645,826 ratings score: 36,120, and 390 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
19	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 3.74 avg rating — 2,651,342 ratings score: 31,651, and 350 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
20	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.19 avg rating — 3,830,746 ratings score: 31,519, and 352 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
21	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.02 avg rating — 1,307,138 ratings score: 31,178, and 340 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
22	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 4.08 avg rating — 1,216,410 ratings score: 30,671, and 333 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
23	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 4.08 avg rating — 850,744 ratings score: 28,964, and 325 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
24	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.79 avg rating — 818,576 ratings score: 28,877, and 318 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
25	Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 4.20 avg rating — 808,011 ratings score: 27,810, and 302 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
26	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3.83 avg rating — 1,279,490 ratings score: 27,763, and 313 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
27	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.31 avg rating — 1,218,683 ratings score: 27,680, and 311 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
28	The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 4.16 avg rating — 1,202,546 ratings score: 26,849, and 297 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
29	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling 4.47 avg rating — 10,347,359 ratings score: 26,798, and 297 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
30	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.87 avg rating — 962,653 ratings score: 26,555, and 292 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
31	Persuasion by Jane Austen 4.15 avg rating — 717,929 ratings score: 26,101, and 284 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
32	Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 4.06 avg rating — 574,530 ratings score: 25,576, and 285 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
33	The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4.33 avg rating — 2,175,890 ratings score: 25,501, and 289 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
34	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.89 avg rating — 2,606,845 ratings score: 24,766, and 285 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
35	Emma by Jane Austen 4.05 avg rating — 905,548 ratings score: 24,701, and 276 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
36	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 4.01 avg rating — 925,387 ratings score: 23,600, and 267 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
37	Macbeth by William Shakespeare 3.89 avg rating — 923,154 ratings score: 23,340, and 268 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
38	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.99 avg rating — 1,901,616 ratings score: 23,256, and 269 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
39	The Odyssey by Homer 3.81 avg rating — 1,105,694 ratings score: 23,005, and 264 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
40	The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) by C.S. Lewis 4.28 avg rating — 665,059 ratings score: 22,608, and 260 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
41	One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 743,360 ratings score: 22,458, and 263 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
42	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.09 avg rating — 865,659 ratings score: 22,400, and 256 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
43	Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery 4.31 avg rating — 1,008,997 ratings score: 21,502, and 247 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
44	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.43 avg rating — 876,755 ratings score: 21,411, and 243 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
45	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.99 avg rating — 841,487 ratings score: 20,605, and 230 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
46	War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 4.16 avg rating — 336,302 ratings score: 19,160, and 220 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
47	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.80 avg rating — 1,184,833 ratings score: 18,332, and 209 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
48	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 1,392,118 ratings score: 18,110, and 209 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
49	Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 4.24 avg rating — 647,308 ratings score: 17,017, and 195 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
50	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.88 avg rating — 870,856 ratings score: 16,832, and 192 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
51	Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 3.90 avg rating — 279,444 ratings score: 16,801, and 190 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
52	The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 4.09 avg rating — 330,641 ratings score: 16,480, and 195 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
53	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 3.92 avg rating — 954,192 ratings score: 15,799, and 195 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
54	The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 1,395,915 ratings score: 15,516, and 181 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
55	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 725,815 ratings score: 14,734, and 174 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
56	A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare 3.95 avg rating — 549,241 ratings score: 14,667, and 175 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
57	The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.37 avg rating — 343,818 ratings score: 14,225, and 163 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
58	The Iliad by Homer 3.91 avg rating — 466,174 ratings score: 14,062, and 174 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
59	Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 3.83 avg rating — 288,554 ratings score: 13,843, and 162 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
60	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 4.30 avg rating — 476,113 ratings score: 13,822, and 159 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
61	All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 4.08 avg rating — 472,838 ratings score: 13,800, and 164 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
62	The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 4.17 avg rating — 377,463 ratings score: 13,719, and 163 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
63	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.85 avg rating — 502,709 ratings score: 13,247, and 163 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
64	East of Eden by John Steinbeck 4.42 avg rating — 555,725 ratings score: 13,165, and 156 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
65	Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 3.86 avg rating — 356,262 ratings score: 12,934, and 154 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
66	Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) by Richard Adams 4.08 avg rating — 486,593 ratings score: 12,731, and 154 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
67	Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville 3.55 avg rating — 573,113 ratings score: 12,604, and 152 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
68	Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 4.21 avg rating — 695,324 ratings score: 12,439, and 146 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
69	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.12 avg rating — 996,478 ratings score: 12,285, and 149 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
70	Night (The Night Trilogy, #1) by Elie Wiesel 4.37 avg rating — 1,271,815 ratings score: 11,433, and 136 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
71	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 3.70 avg rating — 342,933 ratings score: 11,344, and 139 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
72	The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) by Pearl S. Buck really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 252,410 ratings score: 11,040, and 127 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
73	The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri 4.08 avg rating — 156,946 ratings score: 10,812, and 130 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
74	The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams 4.23 avg rating — 1,881,501 ratings score: 10,117, and 123 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
75	Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare 4.06 avg rating — 247,952 ratings score: 10,089, and 124 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
76	Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 4.15 avg rating — 2,027,352 ratings score: 10,078, and 123 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
77	Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 3.85 avg rating — 411,128 ratings score: 10,067, and 122 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
78	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) by C.S. Lewis 4.24 avg rating — 2,867,661 ratings score: 9,936, and 124 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
79	The Holy Bible: King James Version by Anonymous 4.44 avg rating — 296,162 ratings score: 9,935, and 117 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
80	Dune (Dune, #1) by Frank Herbert 4.28 avg rating — 1,438,734 ratings score: 9,693, and 121 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
81	The Crucible by Arthur Miller 3.60 avg rating — 419,194 ratings score: 9,682, and 118 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
82	Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 3.69 avg rating — 394,060 ratings score: 9,642, and 110 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
83	The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3.88 avg rating — 1,170,052 ratings score: 9,521, and 119 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
84	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 522,075 ratings score: 9,229, and 120 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
85	Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.47 avg rating — 26,633 ratings score: 9,217, and 111 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
86	The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.39 avg rating — 2,859,612 ratings score: 8,743, and 111 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
87	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2) by Jules Verne 3.89 avg rating — 258,803 ratings score: 8,703, and 116 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
88	Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 4.07 avg rating — 792,251 ratings score: 8,672, and 108 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
89	Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 3.91 avg rating — 230,580 ratings score: 8,624, and 107 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
90	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.06 avg rating — 1,021,078 ratings score: 8,540, and 104 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
91	Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 4.20 avg rating — 1,887,309 ratings score: 8,515, and 107 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
92	The Stranger by Albert Camus 4.02 avg rating — 1,155,031 ratings score: 8,321, and 100 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
93	Aesop’s Fables by Aesop 4.05 avg rating — 126,569 ratings score: 8,061, and 103 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
94	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 3,219,992 ratings score: 8,024, and 97 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
95	Wuthering Heights, Agnès Grey & Villette by Emily Brontë 4.02 avg rating — 3,262 ratings score: 7,965, and 92 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
96	The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) by Mario Puzo 4.39 avg rating — 430,189 ratings score: 7,787, and 99 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
97	The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy 4.07 avg rating — 136,963 ratings score: 7,536, and 93 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
98	The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 3.86 avg rating — 185,211 ratings score: 7,148, and 87 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
99	The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 3.52 avg rating — 225,385 ratings score: 6,937, and 92 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
100	The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,555,006 ratings score: 6,896, and 82 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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