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1. DonQuixotebyMigueldeCervantes

AlonsoQuixano,aretiredcountrygentlemaninhisfifties,livesinanunnamedsectionofLaManchawithhisnieceandahousekeeper.Hehasbecomeobsessedwithbooksofchivalry,andbelievesth... - Wikipedia

2. UlyssesbyJamesJoyce

UlysseschroniclesthepassageofLeopoldBloomthroughDublinduringanordinaryday,June16,1904.ThetitleparallelsandalludestoOdysseus（LatinisedintoUlysses）,theheroofHomer'sOdyss... - Wikipedia

3. LolitabyVladimirNabokov

Thebookisinternationallyfamousforitsinnovativestyleandinfamousforitscontroversialsubject:

theprotagonistandunreliablenarrator,middleagedHumbertHumbert,becomesobsessedandse... - Wikipedia

4. TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnbyMarkTwain

Reveredbyallofthetown'schildrenanddreadedbyallofitsmothers,HuckleberryFinnisindisputablythemostappealingchild-heroinAmericanliterature.Unlikethetall-tale,idyllicworl... -Publisher

5. TheGreatGatsbybyF.ScottFitzgerald

ThenovelchroniclesanerathatFitzgeraldhimselfdubbedthe"JazzAge".FollowingtheshockandchaosofWorldWarI,Americansocietyenjoyedunprecedentedlevelsofprosperityduringthe"roar... - Wikipedia

6. 1984byGeorgeOrwell

Thestoryfollowsthelifeofoneseeminglyinsignificantman,WinstonSmith,acivilservantassignedthetaskofperpetuatingtheregime'spropagandabyfalsifyingrecordsandpoliticalliteratur... - Wikipedia

7. WarandPeacebyLeoTolstoy

Epicinscale,WarandPeacedelineatesingraphicdetaileventsleadinguptoNapoleon'sinvasionofRussia,andtheimpactoftheNapoleoniceraonTsaristsociety,asseenthroughtheeyesoffi... - Wikipedia

8. InSearchofLostTimebyMarcelProust

Swann'sWay,thefirstpartofAlarecherchedetempsperdu,MarcelProust'sseven-partcycle,waspublishedin1913.Init,Proustintroducesthethemesthatrunthroughtheentirework.Thenarr... -Publisher

9. AnnaKareninabyLeoTolstoy

AnnaKareninatellsofthedoomedloveaffairbetweenthesensuousandrebelliousAnnaandthedashingofficer,CountVronsky.TragedyunfoldsasAnnarejectsherpassionlessmarriageandmustendu... -Publisher

10. MadameBovarybyGustaveFlaubert

Fordaringtopeerintotheheartofanadulteressandenumerateitscontentswithprofounddispassion,theauthorofMadameBovarywastriedfor"offensesagainstmoralityandreligion."Whatshoc... -Publisher

11. TheBrothersKaramazovbyFyodorDostoyevsky

Dostoevsky'slastandgreatestnovel,TheKaramazovBrothers,isbothabrilliantlytoldcrimestoryandapassionatephilosophicaldebate.ThedissolutelandownerFyodorPavlovichKaramazovismur... -Publisher

12. MiddlemarchbyGeorgeEliot

Middlemarch:

AStudyofProvincialLifeisanovelbyGeorgeEliot,thepennameofMaryAnneEvans,laterMarianEvans.Itisherseventhnovel,begunin1869andthenputasideduringthefinali... - Wikipedia

13. OneHundredYearsofSolitudebyGabrielGarciaMarquez

Oneofthe20thcentury'senduringworks,OneHundredYearsofSolitudeisawidelybelovedandacclaimednovelknownthroughouttheworld,andtheultimateachievementinaNobelPrize–winningcar... -Publisher

14. TheSoundandtheFurybyWilliamFaulkner

TheSoundandtheFuryissetinthefictionalYoknapatawphaCounty.ThenovelcentersontheCompsonfamily,formerSouthernaristocratswhoarestrugglingtodealwiththedissolutionoftheirfa... -Wikipedia

15. InvisibleManbyRalphEllison

ThenoveladdressesmanyofthesocialandintellectualissuesfacingAfrican-Americansintheearlytwentiethcentury,includingblacknationalism,therelationshipbetweenblackidentityandMarx... - Wikipedia

16. TheCatcherintheRyebyJ.D.Salinger

TheCatcherintheRyeisa1945novelbyJ.D.Salinger.Originallypublishedforadults,thenovelhasbecomeacommonpartofhighschoolandcollegecurriculathroughouttheEnglish-speakingwo... - Wikipedia

17. TotheLighthousebyVirginiaWoolf

Alandmarknovelofhighmodernism,thetext,centeringontheRamsayfamilyandtheirvisitstotheIsleofSkyeinScotlandbetween1910and1920,skillfullymanipulatestemporalityandpsycholog... - Wikipedia

18. OntheRoadbyJackKerouac

OntheRoadisalargelyautobiographicalworkthatwasbasedonthespontaneousroadtripsofKerouacandhisfriendsacrossmid-centuryAmerica.Itisoftenconsideredadefiningworkofthepost... - Wikipedia

19. Gulliver'sTravelsbyJonathanSwift

FromthepreeminentprosesatiristintheEnglishlanguage,agreatclassicrecountingthefourremarkablejourneysofship'ssurgeonLemuelGulliver.Forchildrenitremainsanenchantingfantasy;... -Publisher

20. TheGrapesofWrathbyJohnSteinbeck

SetduringtheGreatDepression,thenovelfocusesonapoorfamilyofsharecroppers,theJoads,drivenfromtheirhomebydrought,economichardship,andchangesintheagricultureindustry.Ina... - Wikipedia

21. MobyDickbyHermanMelville

Firstpublishedin1851,Melville'smasterpieceis,inElizabethHardwick'swords,"thegreatestnovelinAmericanliterature."ThesagaofCaptainAhabandhismonomaniacalpursuitofthewhitewh... -Publisher

22. BelovedbyToniMorrison

Beloved（1987）isaPulitzerPrize-winningnovelbyNobellaureateToniMorrison.Thenovel,herfifth,islooselybasedonthelifeandlegalcaseoftheslaveMargaretGarner,aboutwhomMorrison... - wikipedia

23. ThePortraitofaLadybyHenryJames

ThestorycentresonIsabelArcher,anattractiveAmericanwhomcircumstanceshavebroughttoEurope.IsabelrefusestheofferofmarriagetoanEnglishpeerandtoabulldog-likeNewEnglander,to... -Publisher

24. TheIliadbyHomer

TheIliadisanepicpoemindactylichexameters,traditionallyattributedtoHomer.SetintheTrojanWar,theten-yearsiegeofIliumbyacoalitionofGreekstates,ittellsofthebattlesande... - Wikipedia

25. Absalom,Absalom!

byWilliamFaulkner

Absalom,Absalom!

isaSouthernGothicnovelbytheAmericanauthorWilliamFaulkner,firstpublishedin1936.ItisastoryaboutthreefamiliesoftheAmericanSouth,takingplacebefore,during,... - Wikipedia

26. APassagetoIndiabyE.M.Forster

APassagetoIndiaissetagainstthebackdropoftheBritishRajandtheIndianindependencemovementinthe1920s.Thestoryrevolvesaroundfourcharacters:

Dr.Aziz,hisBritishfriendCyrilFi... - Wikipedia

27. NativeSonbyRichardWright

Thenoveltellsthestoryof20-yearoldBiggerThomas,anAfricanAmericanlivinginutterpoverty.BiggerlivedinChicago'sSouthSideghettointhe1930s.Biggerwasalwaysgettingintotroubl... - Wikipedia

28. Mrs.DallowaybyVirginiaWoolf

Createdfromtwoshortstories,"MrsDallowayinBondStreet"andtheunfinished"ThePrimeMinister",thenovel'sstoryisofClarissa'spreparationsforapartyofwhichsheistobehostess.Wit... - Wikipedia

29. TheOdysseybyHomer

TheOdysseyisoneoftwomajorancientGreekepicpoemsattributedtoHomer.Itis,inpart,asequeltotheIliad,theotherworktraditionallyascribedtoHomer.Thepoemisfundamentaltothem... - Wikipedia

30. Catch-22byJosephHeller

Catch-22isasatirical,historicalnovelbytheAmericanauthorJosephHeller,firstpublishedin1961.Thenovel,setduringthelaterstagesofWorldWarIIfrom1943onwards,isfrequentlycite... - Wikipedia

31. APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManbyJamesJoyce

APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManisasemi-autobiographicalnovelbyJamesJoyce,firstserializedinTheEgoistfrom1914to1915andpublishedinbookformin1916.Itdepictstheformativ... - Wikipedia

32. PrideandPrejudicebyJaneAusten

ThebookisnarratedinfreeindirectspeechfollowingthemaincharacterElizabethBennetasshedealswithmattersofupbringing,marriage,moralrightnessandeducationinheraristocraticsocie... - Wikipedia

33. TheTrialbyFranzKafka

Writtenin1914,TheTrialisoneofthemostimportantnovelsofthetwentiethcentury:

theterrifyingtaleofJosefK.,arespectablebankofficerwhoissuddenlyandinexplicablyarrestedandmu... -Publisher

34. AsILayDyingbyWilliamFaulkner

Thebookistoldinstreamofconsciousnesswritingstyleby15differentnarratorsin59chapters.ItisthestoryofthedeathofAddieBundrenandherfamily'squest—nobleorselfish—tohonorhe... - Wikipedia

35. BraveNewWorldbyAldousHuxley

SetintheLondonofAD2540（632A.F.inthebook）,thenovelanticipatesdevelopmentsinreproductivetechnologyandsleep-learningthatcombinetochangesociety.Thefuturesocietyisanembod... - Wikipedia

36. EmmabyJaneAusten

Beforeshebeganthenovel,Austenwrote,"Iamgoingtotakeaheroinewhomno-onebutmyselfwillmuchlike."[1]Intheveryfirstsentencesheintroducesthetitlecharacteras"EmmaWoodhouse,... -Wikipedia

37. NostromobyJosephConrad

EditedwithanintroductionandnotesbyMartinSeymour-Smith.InhisevocationoftherepublicofCostaguana,setamidtheexoticandgrandiosesceneryofSouthAmerica,Conradrevealsnotonlyth... -Publisher

38. ThingsFallApartbyChinuaAchebe

Anovelofgreatpowerthatturnstheworldupsidedown.TheNigeriannovelistAchebereachedbacktotheearlydaysofhispeople'sencounterwithcolonialism,the1890's,thoughthewhitemanand... - Time

39. ToKillaMockingbirdbyHarperLee

AsaSouthernGothicnovelandaBildungsroman,theprimarythemesofToKillaMockingbirdinvolveracialinjusticeandthedestructionofinnocence.ScholarshavenotedthatLeealsoaddressesis... - Wikipedia

40. Heart