Lists of Bests: Madison Public Library's "Readable Fiction Classics" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/44097 ‘Readable’ and ‘classic’ can mean different things to different people. To avoid confusion, Madison Public Library’s librarians have defined what we mean by them. A ‘classic’ is a work of enduring interest and appeal in which successive generations can find truths that will not age. ‘Readable’ includes those classics whose appeal is immediately apparent and continues throughout. http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/booklists/fiction.html Thu, 31 May 2012 11:18:36 GMT en-us 0 50 102 50 0 Little Women (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412wyCJVQgL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louisa May Alcott</div> Cat's Eye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10317 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10317"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GMA25V0VL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> Pride and Prejudice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56343 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56343"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036238.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Go Tell It on the Mountain (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1678501 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1678501"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141185910.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Baldwin</div> Adventures of Augie March, The (50th Anniv. Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/686678 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/686678"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009GIDW2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Saul Bellow</div> Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/907520 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/907520"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ljKCKFtFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Brontë</div> Wuthering Heights (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43232 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43232"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LvtGVlz2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emily Brontë</div> The Good Earth (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/145666 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/145666"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MTKJNMJ7L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pearl S. Buck</div> The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DsykAD33L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> A Clockwork Orange (Essential.penguin) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49951 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49951"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014027409X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Burgess</div> Cold Sassy Tree http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2809158 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2809158"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OEEsq5iUL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Olive Ann Burns</div> Breakfast at Tiffany's (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64525 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64525"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141182792.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> My Antonia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968281 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968281"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41V4KMW4ZVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Willa Cather</div> Select Tales of Anton Chekov http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114145 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anton Chekhov</div> David Copperfield (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3227 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3227"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RiLclX8qL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> Ragtime: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2730766 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2730766"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Z--uYxg6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E.L. Doctorow</div> Dancing at the Rascal Fair http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58565 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58565"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G-4OmzVLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ivan Doig</div> A Yellow Raft in Blue Water: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6404 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6404"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41m39XMNdOL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Dorris</div> The Brothers Karamazov http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8646 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8646"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G1QbMh%2BLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fyodor Dostoevsky</div> The Complete Sherlock Holmes - Volumes I & II (Volume I & II) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1687713 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1687713"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FSFBEM.01-A2OQEE5HXLSLW9._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46786689_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</div> The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3337 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3337"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TCNJhfz5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexandre Dumas père</div> Rebecca http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1659451 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1659451"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5161PHVXWGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daphne du Maurier</div> Invisible Man: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962378 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962378"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375507914.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44539344_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ralph Ellison</div> The Reivers: A Reminiscence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2999747 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2999747"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/0154PV57BPL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Faulkner</div> The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/207830 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/207830"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W9V7WziPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Fielding</div> The Great Gatsby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1429260 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1429260"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1417656638.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. Scott Fitzgerald</div> Howards End (Barnes & Noble Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32782 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32782"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-am79V%2BcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E.M. Forster</div> A Lesson Before Dying (Five Star) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/244000 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/244000"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/185242723X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernest J. Gaines</div> One Hundred Years of Solitude http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1424007 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1424007"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513GEHVNTBL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</div> Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1467065 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1467065"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yIwzVlipL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Golding</div> The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3713 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3713"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WWP2TENHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Greene</div> A Map of the World (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10525 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10525"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DnT7uMbtL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Hamilton</div> The Maltese Falcon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2422555 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2422555"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752865331.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dashiell Hammett</div> Catch-22 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53327 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53327"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099477319.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Heller</div> For Whom the Bell Tolls (War Promo) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2336080 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2336080"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099481561.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernest Hemingway</div> The Best Short Stories of O. Henry (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18576 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18576"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41lX8tE8RoL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by O. Henry</div> Siddhartha http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31040 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31040"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LnljWAHSL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hermann Hesse</div> The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594481776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> Les Misérables (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13908 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13908"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zuCVGfbYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Victor Hugo</div> Their Eyes Were Watching God http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1284834 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1284834"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WQ6J6308L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zora Neale Hurston</div> Brave New World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JP2Y4awLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aldous Huxley</div> The World According to Garp A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2617183 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2617183"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000MQROJW.01-A1FTJGMEPOBBKL._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Irving</div> The Lottery and Other Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92378 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92378"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41rE5qApp5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shirley Jackson</div> The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1808417 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1808417"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31rAkcucrQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry James</div> The Best Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2999750 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Willa Cather</div> On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961415 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961415"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xQQeTc-QL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Kerouac</div> The Secret Life of Bees http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766112 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sue Monk Kidd</div> The Bean Trees http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2828236 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> The Best Short Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2999752 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2999752"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11ECnC0dDeL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rudyard Kipling</div> A Separate Peace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21147 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21147"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PXSCEFWZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Knowles</div>