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How Well Read Are You Based on These 111 Classic Books?

Here is a list of 111 of the most famous classic books. If you have read even a fourth of these, you are very well read; if you have read all of them… you are just insanely well read and deserve a pat on the back.
Also, the list's colour coordinated!
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
1
Toni Morrison
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
2
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
3
Kurt Vonnegut
The Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
4
J. R. R. Tolkien
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
5
Miguel De Cervantes
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
6
Sun Tzu
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
7
Ray Bradbury
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
8
Truman Capote
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
9
J.D. Salinger
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
10
Leo Tolstoy
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
11
Margaret Mitchell
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
12
Charles Dickens
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
13
Boris Pasternak
Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Stories (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Stories
14
Edgar Allan Poe
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
15
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
16
Bram Stoker
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
17
Harper Lee
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
18
Dante Alighieri
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
19
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
20
Virgil
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
21
William Shakespeare
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
22
Niccolò Machiavelli
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
23
Frank Herbert
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
24
Nikolai Gogol
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
25
Jane Austen
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
26
Oscar Wilde
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
27
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
28
Paulo Coelho
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
29
Pearl S. Buck
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
30
Ovid
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
31
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
32
F. Scott Fitzgerald
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
33
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
34
Jane Austen
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
35
William Shakespeare
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
36
L.M. Montgomery
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
37
Ralph Ellison
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
38
Jack London
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
39
Franz Kafka
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
40
Ayn Rand
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