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100 Books You Need to Read to Be Considered Well-Read

Here is a list of 100 Books that everyone should read to be considered well-read. This list includes books that are mentioned in almost every single book list. All of them are worth the read and I plan on doing so in the nearest future.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
3
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
4
J.R.R.Tolkien
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
5
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
6
Albert Camus
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
7
Jean-Paul Sartre
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
8
John Kennedy Toole
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
9
Leo Tolstoy
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
10
Henry Miller
Post Office (1971)
Post Office
11
1971
The Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac)
The Dharma Bums
12
Jack Kerouac
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
13
Mikhail Bulgakov
Oblomov (Ivan Gonchorov)
Oblomov
14
Ivan Gonchorov
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
15
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
16
Vladimir Nabokov
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
17
Ray Bradbury
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
18
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
19
Emily Bronte
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
20
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
21
Kurt Vonnegut
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
22
Jack Kerouac
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
23
John Fowles
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
24
Oscar Wilde
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
25
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
26
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
27
William Shakespeare
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
28
Jonathan Safran Foer
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
29
George Orwell
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
30
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
31
George Orwell
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
32
William Shakespeare
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
33
Franz Kafka
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
34
Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
35
Lewis Carroll
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
36
Leo Tolstoy
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
37
Gustave Flaubert
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
38
William Golding
Generation X (Douglas Coupland)
Generation X
39
Douglas Coupland
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
40
J.D. Salinger
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