100 Essential Novels

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Rabbit, Run by John Updike

Rabbit, Run

Rabbit Angstrom #1

John Updike

272 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction classics reflective sad slow-paced
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs

Naked Lunch

William S. Burroughs

289 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics challenging dark funny medium-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
A Death in the Family by James Agee

A Death in the Family

James Agee

320 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced
On the Road by Jack Kerouac

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

307 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction classics literary adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Recognitions by William Gaddis

The Recognitions

William Gaddis

976 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction reflective slow-paced
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

298 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

190 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction classics literary young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Under the Net by Iris Murdoch

Under the Net

Iris Murdoch

253 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction classics literary funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings #1-3

J.R.R. Tolkien

1216 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced