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100 Books That Will Make You More Interesting, More Attractive, & Sound Smart Even If You Aren't (Yet)

Want to sound smart in conversations with grownups or college friends? Make reference to one or two of these books (only if you’ve really read them!) and you will! There are lots of books in the universe and they’re not all required reading for class, so if you were to read only 100 books as a Young Adult, reading these would certainly not be a bad idea.
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
1
Chinua Achebe
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2
Douglas Adams
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family
3
James Agee
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
4
Sherman Alexie
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
5
Dorothy Allison
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
6
Julia Alvarez
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier (Stephen E. Ambrose)
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
7
Stephen E. Ambrose
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
8
Maya Angelou
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
9
Margaret Atwood
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
10
Jane Austen
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
11
Ray Bradbury
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
12
Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
13
Emily Brontë
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
14
Bill Bryson
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
15
Michael Chabon
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
16
Geoffrey Chaucer
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
17
Agatha Christie
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
18
James Fenimore Cooper
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno
19
Dante
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
20
Miguel De Cervantes
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
21
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
22
Daniel Defoe
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
23
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
24
Jared Diamond
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
25
Junot Díaz
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
26
Charles Dickens
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
27
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Worst Hard Time
The Worst Hard Time
28
Zeitoun
Zeitoun
29
Nickled and Dimed
Nickled and Dimed
30
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
31
Ralph Ellison
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
32
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
33
Gustave Flaubert
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
34
Jonathan Safran Foer
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
35
Ken Follett
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
36
Neil Gaiman
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
37
Ernest J. Gaines
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Outliers
38
Malcolm Gladwell
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
39
William Golding
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
40
John Green
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