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150 Books Everyone Should Read in Their Lifetime

One hundred and fifty amazing books everyone should read in their lifetime. How many of these have you read?
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
4
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
J.R.R. Tolkien
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
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The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
10
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
Jane Austen
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The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis
12
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
13
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
14
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
15
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
16
The Hunger Games Trilogy
The Hunger Games Trilogy
17
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
18
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll
19
Millennium Trilogy (Stieg Larsson)
Millennium Trilogy
Stieg Larsson
20
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
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The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
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Memories of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memories of a Geisha
Arthur Golden
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Death Note (Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba)
Death Note
Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba
25
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
26
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
27
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
28
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
29
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez
30
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
32
The Door (Magda Szabó)
The Door
Magda Szabó
33
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
34
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Douglas Adams
35
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
36
Harry Potter Series (J K Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
J K Rowling
37
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
38
Nana (Emile Zola)
Nana
Emile Zola
39
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
40
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
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