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100 Novels by 40

Top 100 Classic novels to read by the age 40 to be considered well read by most people. How many have you read?
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
3
Mark Twain
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
4
Aesop
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
5
Anne Brontë
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
6
Erich Maria Remarque
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
7
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
8
Leo Tolstoy
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
9
Kate Chopin
Belinda (Maria Edgeworth)
Belinda
10
Maria Edgeworth
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
11
Aldous Huxley
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
12
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
13
Jack London
Camilla (Fanny Burney)
Camilla
14
Fanny Burney
Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
Canterbury Tales
15
Geoffrey Chaucer
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
16
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
17
J.D. Salinger
Cecilia
Cecilia
18
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
19
E.B. White
The Children of the New Forest (Captain Marryat)
The Children of the New Forest
20
Captain Marryat
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
21
Charles Dickens
The Confidence-Man (Herman Melville)
The Confidence-Man
22
Herman Melville
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
23
Mark Twain
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
24
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
25
Arthur Miller
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
26
Anne Frank
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
27
Dante Alighieri
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
28
John Steinbeck
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
29
Edgar Allan Poe
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
30
Jane Austen
Evelina
Evelina
31
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
32
Ernest Hemingway
Father Brown: The Essential Tales (G.K. Chesterton)
Father Brown: The Essential Tales
33
G.K. Chesterton
Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Fellowship of the Ring
34
J.R.R. Tolkien
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
35
Daniel Keyes
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
36
Mary Shelley
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
37
O. Henry
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
38
Lois Lowry
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
39
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
40
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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