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100 Books Every Literature Student Comes Across

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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
3
Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
4
Edith Wharton
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
5
Lewis Carroll
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
6
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
7
Leo Tolstoy
Arms and the Man (George Bernard Shaw)
Arms and the Man
8
George Bernard Shaw
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
9
Ian McEwan
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
10
Sylvia Plath
The Birthday Party (Harold Pinter)
The Birthday Party
11
Harold Pinter
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
12
Markus Zusak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
13
Aldous Huxley
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
14
Geoffrey Chaucer
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
15
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
16
J.D. Salinger
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
17
Bertolt Brecht
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
18
Charles Dickens
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
19
Anthony Burgess
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
20
Stella Gibbons
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
21
Alexandre Dumas
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
22
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
23
Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
24
Arthur Miller
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
25
Anne Frank
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
26
Thomas Mann
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
27
Henrik Ibsen
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
28
Miguel De Cervantes
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
29
Bram Stoker
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
30
Jane Austen
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
31
Ray Bradbury
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
32
Thomas Hardy
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
33
Daniel Keyes
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
34
Mary Shelley
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
35
John Fowles
GONE WITH THE WIND (MARGARET MITCHELL)
GONE WITH THE WIND
36
MARGARET MITCHELL
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
37
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
38
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
39
Jonathan Swift
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
40
William Shakespeare
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