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100 Most Popular Books You Should've Read by Now

Every well read or a literary scholar has read or at the least heard of the following classic works of literature. How many have you read?
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
4
Jane Austen
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
5
J. K. Rowling
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
6
J.R.R. Tolkien
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
7
George Orwell
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
8
Anne Frank
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
9
J.D. Salinger
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J.K. Rowling - 2000)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
10
J.K. Rowling - 2000
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
11
William Golding
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R Tolkein)
The Fellowship of the Ring
12
J.R.R Tolkein
Chronicles of Narnia (C S Lewis)
Chronicles of Narnia
13
C S Lewis
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
14
William Shakespeare
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
15
John Steinbeck
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
16
Ray Bradbury
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott,)
Little Women
17
Louisa May Alcott,
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
18
Charlotte Bronte
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
19
Margaret Atwood
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
20
Aldous Huxley
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adam)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
21
Douglas Adam
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
22
Emily Bronte
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
23
Mary Shelley
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
24
Mark Haddon
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
25
Orson Scott Card
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
26
Kurt Vonnegut
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
27
Oscar Wilde
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
28
Mark Twain
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
29
Madeleine L'engle
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
30
Elie Wiesel
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
31
Frank Herbert
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
32
Ernest Hemingway
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
33
Homer
It (Stephen King)
It
34
Stephen King
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
35
Albert Camus
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez, Tr. Gregory Rabassa)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
36
Gabriel García Márquez, Tr. Gregory Rabassa
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
37
William Shakespeare
The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkein)
The Two Towers
38
J.R.R. Tolkein
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
39
John Steinbeck
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
40
Franz Kafka
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