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If you had to make a list of the top 100 classic reads of all times what would you include and why?

I want to compile a list of must read books, or find one that includes things that people really would read.

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1. pride and prejudice...im serious it really is a very well written book
2. Heres my top 10 classics: 1. The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams 2. Watership Down by Richard Adams 3. Lust for Life by Irving Stone 4. Animal Farm by George Orwell 5. 1984 by George Orwell 6. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous 7. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger 8. The Final Battle by CS Lewis 9. Lord of the Flies by William Golding 10. Night by Elie Wiesel
3. Science Fiction: All of Iain M. Banks' novels Historical Drama: "Alexander" Trilogy by Valerio Manfredi, "I, Claudius" by Robert Graves Children's: "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupere (check spelling!), "Alice In Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll Adventure: "Touching The Void" by Joe Simpson, "Seven Years In Tibet" by Heinrich Harrer Hope this helps a bit...I could list a hundred great books but I don't have that much time!
4. Anything by Shakespeare Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights (both love stories) Anything by Dr. Seuss for children. Also, Anne of Green Gables, Pippi Longstocking, Black beauty... Anything by George Orwell, especially 1984 and Animal Farm. Anything by Jules Verne. Maus by Art Spiegelman The diary of Anne Frank
5. I love books intended for younger readers; they are so charming and simple, but are often deep underneath. And they are rarely included on general lists of classics. So I would include: 1. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein 2. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 3. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle 4. The Mozart Season by Virginia Euwer Woolf 5. The Giver by Lois Lowery 6. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg 7. The BFG by Roald Dahl 8. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery 9. The Good Master by Kate Seredy 10. Feed by M.T. Anderson 11. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers 12. Millions of Cats by Wanda Ga'g 13. Green Eggs and Ham 14. The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola 15. The Red Tree by Shaun Tan
6. I have a few modern classics for your list The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck.. a story of the perseverance of people who have lost everything but their pride,Lonsome Dove by Larry McMurtry...a pulitzer prize winning novel that will make you laugh and cry,The Stand by Stephen king... the best novel he has ever wrote ..about the battle of good versus evil and anything by Wilbur Smith ..he writes about Africa from hundreds of years ago to the present day.Smith is my favorite writer , truly great adventure stories!