1. "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes (1605, 1615)
2. "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen (1813)
3. "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
4. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee (1960)
5. "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954-1955)
6. "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez (1967)
7. "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker (1982)
8. "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger (1951)
9. "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway (1952)
10. "Beloved" by Toni Morrison (1987)
These books have left a significant mark on literature and have been widely praised for their literary merit, storytelling, character development, and cultural impact.