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100 Books Everyone Should Read Before They Die (Ranked!) - Page 2

Happy National Reading Month!
To celebrate, start working your way through this list of 100 Books To Read in a Lifetime, as voted on and ranked by users of Goodreads, the largest book recommendation site on the web.
Amazon, which owns Goodreads, had its editors agonize over their own list, but the two turned out very different.
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Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
41
L.M. Montgomery
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
42
Mark Twain
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
43
William Shakespeare
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
44
Stieg Larsson
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
45
Mary Shelley
The Holy Bible: King James Version (Gustave Dore)
The Holy Bible: King James Version
46
Gustave Dore
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
47
Alice Walker
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
48
Alexandre Dumas
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
49
Betty Smith
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
50
John Steinbeck
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
51
Lewis Carroll
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
52
Truman Capote
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
53
Joseph Heller
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
54
Stephen King
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
55
Diana Gabaldon
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
56
J. K. Rowling
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
57
Orson Scott Card
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
58
Leo Tolstoy
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
59
Richard Adams
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
60
Arthur Golden
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
61
Daphne Du Maurier
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
62
George R.R. Martin
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
63
Charles Dickens
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
64
Ernest Hemingway
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
65
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
66
Victor Hugo
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
67
J.K. Rowling
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
68
Yann Martel
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
69
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Celebrating Silence (Sri Sri Ravi Shankar)
Celebrating Silence
70
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
71
C.S. Lewis
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
72
Ken Follett
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
73
Suzanne Collins
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
74
Roald Dahl
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
75
Bram Stoker
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
76
William Goldman
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
77
Sara Gruen
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven
78
Edgar Allan Poe
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
79
Sue Monk Kidd
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
80
Barbara Kingsolver
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