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101 Books to Be Considered Well Read - Page 3

This is not my personal opinion as to what I consider to be an essential book list (as a matter of fact, that are many books here I don't like and many books that I didn't put here that I think every person should absolutely read). Rather, this is more as what I have noticed is a common regard in the general public about books people "should read" to be considered well read.
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Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler
81
Henrik Ibsen
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
82
Alice Walker
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
83
Ovid
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
84
Louisa May Alcott
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
85
Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
86
Edgar Allan Poe
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
87
Joseph Conrad
The Lottery (Jackson, Shirley)
The Lottery
88
Jackson, Shirley
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil
89
Charles Baudelaire
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
90
Tennessee Williams
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
91
Thomas Pynchon
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
92
David Foster Wallace
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
93
Jonathan Franzen
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
94
Anonymous
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
95
E.M. Forster
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway - 1929)
A Farewell to Arms
96
Ernest Hemingway - 1929
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
Uncle Vanya
97
Anton Chekhov
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
98
Ernest Hemingway
Aesops Fables (Aesop)
Aesops Fables
99
Aesop
Tess of the D'ubervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'ubervilles
100
Thomas Hardy
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
101
Charles Dickens
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
102
Salman Rushdie
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
103
James Joyce
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
104
Franz Kafka
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
105
Arthur Miller
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
106
Arthur Miller
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
107
Samuel Beckett
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
108
Margaret Atwood
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
109
Ian McEwan
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
110
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
111
Kazuo Ishiguro
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
112
Truman Capote
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
113
Daphne Du Maurier
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
114
William Faulkner
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
115
Edith Wharton
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
116
Henry James
Howard's End (E. M. Forster)
Howard's End
117
E. M. Forster
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
118
James Baldwin
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
119
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
120
Victor Hugo
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