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200 Books of a Lifetime

200 books that are considered classics, have won awards, and/or are international bestsellers.
Read these and see why so many people claim these as their favorite books.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
2
Haruki Murakami
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
3
Paulo Coelho
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
4
Anthony Doerr
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria)
All Quiet on the Western Front
5
Erich Maria
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
6
Neil Gaiman
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
7
Philip Roth
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
8
Bret Easton Ellis
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
9
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
10
Theodore Dreiser
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
11
Agatha Christie
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
12
Frank McCourt
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
13
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
14
Leo Tolstoy
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
15
Sophocles
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) (Anonymous)
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights)
16
Anonymous
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
17
Sun Tzu
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
18
William Faulkner
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
19
Ayn Rand
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
20
Ian McEwan
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
21
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
22
Toni Morrison
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
23
V.S. Naipaul
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
24
Raymond Chandler
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
25
Markus Zusak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
26
Aldous Huxley
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
27
Evelyn Waugh
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
28
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
29
Dee Brown
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
30
Jack London
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
31
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
32
J.D. Salinger
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
33
Charles Dickens
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
34
Anthony Burgess
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
35
David Mitchell
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
36
Charles Frazier
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
37
Alice Walker
The Complete Maus (Art Speigelman)
The Complete Maus
38
Art Speigelman
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
39
John Kennedy Toole
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
40
Jonathan Franzen
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