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Reddit's 35 Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once in Their Lifetime

Reddit users were asked what is a book that everyone needs to read at least once in their life and here are the top 35 books based on Reddit responses.
35,245 users · 141,522 views
 
avg. score: 11 of 35 (31%)
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
1
Robert M Pirsig
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
2
Richard Adams
The Last Lecture (Randy Pausch)
The Last Lecture
3
Randy Pausch
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
4
Bill Bryson
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
5
Viktor Frankl
Joe Haldeman: The Forever War
Joe Haldeman: The Forever War
6
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
7
Carl Sagan
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
8
Herman Melville
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
9
Art Spiegelman
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
10
Ernest Hemingway
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
11
Haruki Murakami
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
12
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
13
Cormac McCarthy
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
14
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
15
John Steinbeck
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
16
Dale Carnegie
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
17
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
18
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
19
Albert Camus
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
20
Frank Herbert
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
21
Margaret Atwood
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
22
L.M. Montgomery
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
23
Ray Bradbury
The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
The Giving Tree
24
Shel Silverstein
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
25
Harper Lee
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
26
George Orwell
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
27
Erich Maria Remarque
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
28
Alexandre Dumas
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
29
Philip K. Dick
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
30
Joseph Heller
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
31
Kurt Vonnegut
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
32
Douglas Adams
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
33
Aldous Huxley
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
34
Daniel Keyes
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
35
George Orwell
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