Literature, how it was always meant to be

A Listmania! list by Mike "Critic" (Tampa, FL USA)
 
The Grapes of Wrath
1.  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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  "The quintessential great American novel"
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A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Popular Classics)
2.  A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
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  "Essential, perfect Dickens"
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
3.  For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
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  "Hemingway at his finest"
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
4.  Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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  "There's a reason it's on everyone's list"
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Catch-22 (Vintage Classics)
5.  Catch-22 (Vintage Classics) by Joseph Heller
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  "It doesn't get much better than this"
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (332 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

The Great Gatsby (Pocket Penguin Classics)
6.  The Great Gatsby (Pocket Penguin Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The list author says:
  "Sweet sweet decadence"
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (388 customer reviews)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Pocket Penguin Classics)
7.  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Pocket Penguin Classics) by Mark Twain
The list author says:
  "Read as a child, appreciate as an adult"
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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)
8.  Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Brontë
The list author says:
  "An amazing journey"
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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (200 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin)
9.  One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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  "It would make 100 years on a deserted island fly by"
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As I Lay Dying
10.  As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
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  "True Southern American writing"
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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

Tom Jones (Oxford World's Classics)
11.  Tom Jones (Oxford World's Classics) by Henry Fielding
The list author says:
  "Highly underappreciated"
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Shakespeare: The Complete Works (Collector's Library Editions)
12.  Shakespeare: The Complete Works (Collector's Library Editions) by William Shakespeare
The list author says:
  "Of course he would have to be included"
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The Iliad (Oxford World's Classics)
13.  The Iliad (Oxford World's Classics) by Homer
The list author says:
  "This classic by Homer is not in your library, D'oh"
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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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The Count of Monte Cristo (Wordsworth Classics)
14.  The Count of Monte Cristo (Wordsworth Classics) by Alexandre Dumas
The list author says:
  "An adventure to never be forgotten"
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4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (149 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

The Communist Manifesto
15.  The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
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  "Decide for yourself"
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4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)

The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Popular Classics)
16.  The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Popular Classics) by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The list author says:
  "Sin and betryal at its finest hour"
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Slaughterhouse-Five.: Or The Children's Crusade
17.  Slaughterhouse-Five.: Or The Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut
The list author says:
  "To be read over and over"
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (123 customer reviews)

Dante's "Divine Comedy": Hell, Purgatory, Paradise
18.  Dante's "Divine Comedy": Hell, Purgatory, Paradise by Dante Alighieri
The list author says:
  "To Hell and back"
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Don Quixote
19.  Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
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  "Explore your imagination"
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

The Collected Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe :
20.  The Collected Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe : by Edgar Allan Poe
The list author says:
  "Smart and scary"
£14.88   Used & New from: £4.75
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

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