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Abebooks' 100 (Fiction) Books to Read in a Lifetime

"We've seen these lists before - from Amazon to the Telegraph to Time Magazine and beyond. Plenty of folks have lists of the 100 best books of all time, the 100 books you should read, and on. And beautifully, despite overlap, they are all different. The glorious subjectivity of art means that no two of these lists should ever be exactly alike. So this is ours, our special snowflake of a list, born out of our passion for books. We kept it to fiction this time. Some of the expected classics are there, alongside some more contemporary fare. There is some science fiction, some YA, and above all else, some unforgettable stories."
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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The Paying Guests (Sarah Waters)
The Paying Guests (Sarah Waters)
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A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
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Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
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A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
10
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
14
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
18
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
19
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
20
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
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Barney's Version (Mordecai Richler)
Barney's Version (Mordecai Richler)
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The Beetle (Richard Marsh)
The Beetle (Richard Marsh)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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The Book of Negroes (Lawrence Hill)
The Book of Negroes (Lawrence Hill)
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The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
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The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
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Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
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Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
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The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
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City of Thieves (David Benioff)
City of Thieves (David Benioff)
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
40
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
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