Best Books Ever Written

A Listmania! list by Rusty Shackleford (England - somewhere)
 
As I Lay Dying
1.  As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The list author says:
  "Amazing work of fiction from America's greatest author."
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The Sound And The Fury (Vintage Classics)
2.  The Sound And The Fury (Vintage Classics) by William Faulkner
The list author says:
  "Another amzingly complex faulkner novel - the complexity only serves to create some of the most interesting characters in modern literature."
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Dubliners (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  Dubliners (Penguin Modern Classics) by Joyce James
The list author says:
  "For me, this is Joyce at his best, especially in 'The Dead' and 'A Painful Case'."
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The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics)
4.  The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The list author says:
  "Pretty much an essential read."
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Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises (Arrow Classic)
5.  Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises (Arrow Classic) by Ernest Hemingway
The list author says:
  "Another American, but the American modernists wrote some impressive fiction."
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Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Classics)
6.  Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Classics) by Mary Shelley
The list author says:
  "As relavent as ever."
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Popular Classics)
7.  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Popular Classics) by Mark Twain
The list author says:
  "America's great writer, escape into the world of this book."
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Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)
8.  Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
The list author says:
  "A fine novel."
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
9.  What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
The list author says:
  "Perfectly written short stories."
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Wise Children
10.  Wise Children by Angela Carter
The list author says:
  "Post Modern craziness at its finest."
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Goodbye to All That (Penguin Modern Classics)
11.  Goodbye to All That (Penguin Modern Classics) by Robert Graves
The list author says:
  "Moving and profound."
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Sister Carrie (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
12.  Sister Carrie (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Theodore Dreiser
The list author says:
  "Very enjoyable turn of the century city-life novel."
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