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100 Must-Read Books

These are 100 books that i think you should read at least once in your life, these are mostly classics that are pretty much in every list sorry
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
1
George Orwell
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
3
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
4
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
5
Harper Lee
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
6
William Golding
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
7
Agatha Christie
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
8
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
9
Sylvia Plath
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
10
Donna Tartt
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
11
Mary Shelley
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
12
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
13
Oscar Wilde
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
14
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
15
Emily Bronte
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
16
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
17
Leo Tolstoy
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
18
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
19
Vladimir Nabokov
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
20
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
21
Homer
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
22
Khaled Hosseini
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
23
Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
24
Haruki Murakami
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
25
Louisa May Alcott
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
26
Lewis Carroll
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
27
Khaled Hosseini
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
28
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
29
Barbara Kingsolver
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
30
Anthony Doerr
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
31
John Boyne
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
32
Stephen King
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
33
Stephen King
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
34
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
35
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
36
George Eliot
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
37
Bram Stoker
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
38
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
39
Truman Capote
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
40
William Faulkner
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