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170 Books to Read Before You Die

170 books that should be on everyone's lifetime reading list. A wide, international and varied range.
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Wolf Hall (Mantel, Hilary)
Wolf Hall
1
Mantel, Hilary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
2
Mark Twain
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
3
Toni Morrison
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
4
George Eliot
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
5
Charles Dickens
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
6
Svetlana Alexievich,
Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation
7
Isaac Asimov
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
8
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Other Boleyn Girl (Philippa Gregory)
The Other Boleyn Girl
9
Philippa Gregory
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
10
Albert Camus
Tess of the D'ubervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'ubervilles
11
Thomas Hardy
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
12
Charlotte Brontë
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
13
Alice Walker
The Nature of Things (Lucretius)
The Nature of Things
14
Lucretius
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
The Three-Body Problem
15
Cixin Liu
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
16
Hilary Mantel
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
17
Harriet Jacobs
Moby Dick (Herman Mellville)
Moby Dick
18
Herman Mellville
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
19
Charles Dickens
V. (Thomas Pynchon)
V.
20
Thomas Pynchon
White Noise by Don Delillo
White Noise by Don Delillo
21
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
22
Ernest Hemingway
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
23
Ralph Ellison
The Handmaid's Tale (Renee Nault)
The Handmaid's Tale
24
Renee Nault
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
25
Emily Brontë
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
26
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
27
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Alone in Berlin (Hans Fallada)
Alone in Berlin
28
Hans Fallada
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
29
William Shakespeare
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
30
Anne Frank
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
31
Isabel Allende
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
32
Louis De Bernieres
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
33
Victor Hugo
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
34
E.M. Forster
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
35
Erich Maria Remarque
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
36
Zora Neale Hurston
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
37
Dee Brown
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
38
Stephen Crane
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
39
Jane Austen
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
40
George Eliot
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