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30 Books Everyone Should Read Before Their 30th Birthday

"The 30 books listed here are of unparalleled prose, packed with wisdom capable of igniting a new understanding of the world. Everyone should read these books before their 30th birthday." (Mark Chernoff)
Plus 2 bonus books at 31 & 32.
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Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
1
Hermann Hesse
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
3
Harper Lee
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
4
Anthony Burgess
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
5
Ernest Hemingway
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
6
Leo Tolstoy
The Rights of Man
The Rights of Man
7
The Social Contract (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The Social Contract
8
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
9
Gabriel García Márquez
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
10
Charles Darwin
The Wisdom of the Desert
The Wisdom of the Desert
11
The Tipping Point (Malcom Gladwell)
The Tipping Point
12
Malcom Gladwell
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
13
Kenneth Grahame
The Art of War (Sun-Tzu)
The Art of War
14
Sun-Tzu
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
15
J.R.R. Tolkien
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
16
Charles Dickens
T.S. Eliot - Four Quartets
T.S. Eliot - Four Quartets
17
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
18
Joseph Heller
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
19
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
20
J.D. Salinger
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
21
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
22
Niccolò Machiavelli
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
23
Henry David Thoreau
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
24
Plato
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
25
Vladimir Nabokov
Getting Things Done
Getting Things Done
26
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
27
William Golding
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
28
John Steinbeck
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
29
Mikhail Bulgakov
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
30
Dale Carnegie
How to Cook Everything (Mark Bittman)
How to Cook Everything
31
Mark Bittman
Honeymoon With My Brother (Franz Wisner)
Honeymoon With My Brother
32
Franz Wisner
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