Clash of the Titans: 10 "Greatest Ever" Novels

30th April, 2024 CHIRANJIT MITRA CHIRANJIT MITRA

Get ready to dive into literary classics that have left a lasting mark on readers across time.

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1: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

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2: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

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3: Moby Dick by Herman Melville

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4: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

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5: Ulysses by James Joyce

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6: In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

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7: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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8: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

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9: Beloved by Toni Morrison

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10: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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