100 Essential Novels

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Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys

176 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

The Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon

152 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging funny mysterious medium-paced
The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski

The Painted Bird

Jerzy Kosinski

234 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous dark sad medium-paced
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

240 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov

256 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics literary poetry challenging mysterious slow-paced
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

281 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

The Golden Notebook

Doris Lessing

672 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics literary reflective slow-paced
A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul

A House for Mr Biswas

V.S. Naipaul

623 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22

Catch-22 #1

Joseph Heller

453 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark funny slow-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee

323 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced