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100 Books to Read to Be Well Read

A hundred books to read to consider yourself a well read individual.
Aim is to read them all by age 25.
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Stoner (Williams)
Stoner
1
Williams
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
2
William Golding
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
3
Wilkie Collins
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
4
Vladimir Nabokov
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
5
Virginia Woolf
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
6
V.C. Andrews
Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Thomas De Quincey)
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
7
Thomas De Quincey
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
8
Sylvia Plath
The Bride of Lammermoor (Sir Walter Scott)
The Bride of Lammermoor
9
Sir Walter Scott
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
10
Shirley Jackson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
11
Shirley Jackson
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
12
Salman Rushdie
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
13
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Beetle (Richard Marsh)
The Beetle
14
Richard Marsh
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
15
Richard Llewellyn
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
16
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Madame De Pompadour (Nancy Mitford)
Madame De Pompadour
17
Nancy Mitford
Nutshell (McEwan)
Nutshell
18
McEwan
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
19
Markus Zusak
Castle Rackrent (Maria Edgeworth)
Castle Rackrent
20
Maria Edgeworth
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
21
Jack London
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
22
Kurt Vonnegut
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
23
Jane Austen
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
24
James Baldwin
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
25
Jack Kerouac
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
26
Ian McEwan
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories (H.P Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories
27
H.P Lovecraft
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
28
George Orwell
The Lifted Veil (George Eliot)
The Lifted Veil
29
George Eliot
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
30
Gaston Leroux
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
31
Franz Kafka
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
32
Evelyn Waugh
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
33
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
34
Cormac McCarthy
Goblin Market (Christina Rossetti)
Goblin Market
35
Christina Rossetti
The Yellow Wallpaper, Herland, and Selected Writings (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper, Herland, and Selected Writings
36
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Zofloya, or the Moor (Charlotte Dacre)
Zofloya, or the Moor
37
Charlotte Dacre
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
38
Charles Dickens
Wieland (Charles Brocken Brown)
Wieland
39
Charles Brocken Brown
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
40
Bram Stoker
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