I've read almost all of Dickens and just finished up on the best-known Thomas Hardy novels. But I haven't tackled "Middlemarch" yet, even though I've read "Moby Dick" and "War and Peace" twice each.
As a FYI, if you enjoyed “Far From the Madding Crowd” there will be movie version starring Carey Mulligan as Bathsheba Everdine coming out in a few weeks.