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100 World Classics

Description: These are the 100 world classics listed in The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics by W. John Campbell.

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1

by George Orwell

82,455 members

1,276 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 18

6 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

2

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

72,593 members

1,176 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 11

8 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle,cej1027

3

by George Orwell

60,393 members

892 reviews

4

Global Rank 26

5 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

4

by Charlotte Brontë

59,371 members

924 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 1

10 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, foobar2020

5

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

54,179 members

774 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 2

9 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, JFGrenier, foobar2020

6

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

49,917 members

748 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 43

4 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, BobbiannMarkle

7

by Joseph Heller

40,177 members

529 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 53

3 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963

8

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

43,260 members

520 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 3

9 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, foobar2020

9

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

36,796 members

374 reviews

½ 3.4

Global Rank 4

9 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, foobar2020

10

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

33,143 members

328 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 7

8 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, BobbiannMarkle, foobar2020

11

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

28,759 members

280 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 9

8 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, foobar2020

12

by William Shakespeare

26,275 members

231 reviews

4

Global Rank 10

8 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, foobar2020

13

by Beowulf Poet

25,554 members

334 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 46

4 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

23,717 members

390 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 19

6 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

15

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

22,097 members

169 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 13

7 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, foobar2020

16

by Charles Dickens

24,420 members

242 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 32

5 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, BobbiannMarkle

17

Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

1,132 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

Global Rank 52

5 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,cej1027

18

by William Shakespeare

17,060 members

132 reviews

4

Global Rank 20

6 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

19

The Call of the Wild

20,315 members

324 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 14

7 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

20

A Separate Peace

by John Knowles

12,828 members

191 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 38

5 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

21

by William Shakespeare

12,538 members

110 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 39

5 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Glass Menagerie

by Tennessee Williams

6,631 members

70 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 17

7 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, jasmaynard, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, foobar2020

23

Pride and Prejudice

81,184 members

1,372 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 5

8 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, foobar2020

24

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

39,318 members

666 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 28

5 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

25

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

38,718 members

440 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 12

7 Members: thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, JFGrenier

26

by William Shakespeare

33,037 members

308 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 8

8 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, foobar2020

27

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

30,873 members

508 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 31

5 Members: Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

28

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

34,340 members

439 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 6

8 Members: hipdeep, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, BobbiannMarkle, JFGrenier, foobar2020

29

by Gustave Flaubert

26,352 members

390 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 45

4 Members: thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, steller0707

30

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

12,748 members

242 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 22

6 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

31

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

21,322 members

217 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 58

3 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

32

A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway

22,535 members

245 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 56

3 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, steller0707

33

20,658 members

310 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 47

4 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

34

For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway

19,063 members

186 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 62

3 Members: Bretzky1, ahef1963, steller0707

35

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

21,154 members

282 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 59

3 Members: Bretzky1, ahef1963, BobbiannMarkle

36

by Pearl S. Buck

13,940 members

264 reviews

4

Global Rank 21

6 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963, JFGrenier, foobar2020

37

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

19,943 members

178 reviews

4

Global Rank 35

5 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

38

by William Shakespeare

15,154 members

147 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 15

7 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, jeffza, foobar2020

39

Antigone / Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus

13,258 members

51 reviews

4

Global Rank 16

7 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, JFGrenier, foobar2020

40

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

by Samuel Beckett

13,012 members

161 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 37

5 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

41

by William Shakespeare

13,884 members

176 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 36

5 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

42

14,013 members

113 reviews

4

Global Rank 65

3 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963

43

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

11,498 members

113 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 49

4 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

44

Sons and Lovers

by D. H. Lawrence

9,551 members

100 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 83

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

45

by Edith Wharton

9,539 members

217 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 42

5 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, steller0707

46

by William Shakespeare

10,850 members

113 reviews

4

Global Rank 41

5 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963, jeffza, steller0707

47

The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

9,120 members

57 reviews

½ 4.6

Global Rank 23

6 Members: aulsmith, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, BobbiannMarkle, JFGrenier

48

The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare

8,822 members

91 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 84

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

49

by William Shakespeare

7,592 members

74 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 86

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

50

by William Shakespeare

6,264 members

88 reviews

4

Global Rank 87

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

51

by Henrik Ibsen

5,421 members

91 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 25

6 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

52

by Christopher Marlowe

5,086 members

72 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 70

3 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963

53

Henry IV, Part 1

by William Shakespeare

5,086 members

39 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 69

3 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963

54

Death of a Salesman [critical edition]

by Arthur Miller

1,262 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 51

4 Members: aulsmith, jasmaynard, ahef1963, JFGrenier

55

Crime and Punishment [Norton Critical Edition, 3rd ed.]

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

1,167 members

4 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 71

3 Members: thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963

56

by Albert Camus

35,677 members

510 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 54

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

57

by Mary Shelley

42,953 members

714 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 27

5 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

58

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

24,263 members

298 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 55

3 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, steller0707

59

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

23,054 members

339 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 75

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

60

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

19,290 members

248 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 48

4 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

61

The Joy Luck Club

17,665 members

199 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 77

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

62

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

19,872 members

342 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 60

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

63

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner

17,364 members

226 reviews

4

Global Rank 78

2 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963

64

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

19,252 members

348 reviews

4

Global Rank 76

2 Members: ahef1963, steller0707

65

by Charles Dickens

10,620 members

134 reviews

½ 3.5

Global Rank 50

4 Members: thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, BobbiannMarkle

66

Light in August

by William Faulkner

9,273 members

104 reviews

4

Global Rank 93

Member: ahef1963

67

9,232 members

179 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 68

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

68

The Mayor of Casterbridge

by Thomas Hardy

8,337 members

114 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 85

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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Started: sturlington
January 2015
Type: Unnumbered, Adding restricted

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