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250+ Great Books You Don't Want to Miss Out On

A list of my great reads...mostly classics. How many of these have you read? Are these some of your favorites, too?
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A Farewell to Arms (By Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (By Ernest Hemingway)
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To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
2
Virginia Woolf
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
3
Thomas Pynchon
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
4
Ray Bradbury
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
5
Kurt Vonnegut
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
6
Robert Penn Warren
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
7
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
8
Ernest Hemingway
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
9
Anthony Doerr
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
10
Elizabeth Strout
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
11
Juan Rulfo
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
12
Milan Kundera
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
13
Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
14
Virginia Woolf
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
15
William Faulkner
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
16
Truman Capote
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
17
Truman Capote
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
18
Norman Mailer
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
19
Anne Tyler
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
20
Anne Tyler
"Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx
"Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx
21
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
22
Joan Didion
A Book of Common Prayer
A Book of Common Prayer
23
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
24
John Steinbeck
The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
The Red Pony
25
John Steinbeck
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
26
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
27
John Steinbeck
Men Without Women (Ernest Hemingway)
Men Without Women
28
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
29
Ernest Hemingway
Death in the Afternoon
Death in the Afternoon
30
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
31
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
32
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
33
Nathanael West
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
34
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
35
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
36
Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
37
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
38
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
39
Jane Austen
Lady Susan (Jane Austen)
Lady Susan
40
Jane Austen
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