1. Henry Fielding: Joseph Andrews (<em>The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams</em>, novel first published in 1742)
2. Cervantes: Don Quixote (<em>The Ingenious Gentleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha</em>, first published in Spanish in 1605)
3. Longus: Daphnis and Chloe (written in the Roman Empire)
4. Lawrence Sterne: Tristram Shandy (T<em>he Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman</em>, novel first published in 1759)
5. Tobias Smollet: Roderick Random (<em>The Adventures of Roderick Random</em>, picaresque novel first published in 1748)
6. Samuel Richardson: Pamela: or Virtue Rewarded <em>(Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded</em>, epistolary novel first published in 1740)