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300 Books You Should Read!

This list includes a variety of books that I would recommend everyone to read at least once in a lifetime.
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
1
William Faulkner
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
2
George Eliot
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
3
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
5
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
6
Virgil
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
7
Edith Wharton
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
8
Lewis Carroll
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
9
Neil Gaiman
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
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
12
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
13
Leo Tolstoy
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
14
Sophocles
Arabian Nights (Mary Zimmerman)
Arabian Nights
15
Mary Zimmerman
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
16
William Faulkner
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
17
Ian McEwan
The Beast Within (Emile Zola)
The Beast Within
18
Emile Zola
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
19
Sylvia Plath
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
20
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
21
Anonymous
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
22
Raymond Chandler
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
23
Anna Sewell
The Black Sheep
The Black Sheep
24
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
25
Charles Dickens
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
26
Cormac McCarthy
The Blue Flower
The Blue Flower
27
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
28
Markus Zusak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
29
Aldous Huxley
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
30
Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
31
Truman Capote
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
32
Evelyn Waugh
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
33
Stephen Hawking
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
34
Graham Greene
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
35
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
36
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales
37
H. P. Lovecraft
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
38
Jack London
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
39
Voltaire
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
40
Geoffrey Chaucer
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