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400 Books You Owe It to Yourself to Read

Everyone seems to want you to read these books, but how many have most people finished? Let's see how many we've all read together.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
2
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3
Mark Twain
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
4
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
5
Mark Twain
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
6
Virgil
Aesops Fables (Aesop)
Aesops Fables
7
Aesop
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
8
Edith Wharton
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
9
Paulo Coelho
The Aleph and Other Stories
The Aleph and Other Stories
10
Alice Munro: Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
11
Alice Munro
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
12
Lewis Carroll
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
13
Robert Penn Warren
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
14
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
15
Erich Maria Remarque
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
16
Michael Chabon
The Amber Spyglass (Philip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
17
Philip Pullman
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
18
Neil Gaiman
American Psycho
American Psycho
19
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
20
Theodore Dreiser
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
21
Agatha Christie
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
22
Frank McCourt
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
23
Wallace Stegner
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
24
George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
25
L.M. Montgomery
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
26
Leo Tolstoy
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
27
Judy Blume
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
28
Jules Verne
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
29
Sun Tzu
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
30
William Faulkner
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
31
Ayn Rand
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
32
Ian McEwan
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
33
Malcolm X
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
34
Kate Chopin
The Bad Beginning (Lemony Snicket)
The Bad Beginning
35
Lemony Snicket
Baltasar and Blimunda (José Saramago)
Baltasar and Blimunda
36
José Saramago
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
37
Barbara Kingsolver
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
38
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
39
Ann Patchett
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
40
Sylvia Plath
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