What are the top 5 classic novels worth reading?

Hello all out there, reader of classics, perhaps lover of classics such as I.

 I came across this Quora question today: 

http://www.quora.com/Book-Recommendations/What-are-the-top-5-classic-novels-worth-reading

I encourage everyone who loves classics to take a read. Then comment there or here about what your top 5 list is.

Life goes on but classics endure

It has been a very very long time since I wrote on this blog. Life as it tends to do sneaks up and allocates your free time to everything. I certainly want to post more about classics on this blog. I want to share what I have read and hear what you have read and get suggestions. So please feel free to comment on suggestions here on this post. I know that I do not have a very big readership. I thank ETJ for following me so many years ago (he knows who he is). I will hopefully be adding a new blog post soon and try to get into a rhythm publishing a new post.