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50 Books Everyone Should Read but Never End Up on the Top Lists

Everyone loves the lists of 300 Books You Should Read Before You Die. I love those lists. However, there are some notable titles that I believe deserve to be on there that usually don't make the cut.
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
1
Arthur C. Clarke
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
2
Ayn Rand
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
3
Sophocles
Artemis Fowl Series (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl Series
4
Eoin Colfer
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
5
Richard Wright
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
6
Rudolfo Anaya
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
7
Margaret Atwood
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
8
Charles Frazier
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
9
Dave Cullen
Daytripper (Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba)
Daytripper
10
Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
11
James Joyce
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm (Nancy Farmer)
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm
12
Nancy Farmer
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
13
Edgar Allan Poe
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
14
Ernest Hemingway
First They Killed My Father (Loung Ung)
First They Killed My Father
15
Loung Ung
Forgotten Fire (Adam Bagdasarian)
Forgotten Fire
16
Adam Bagdasarian
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Kelly Barnhill)
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
17
Kelly Barnhill
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
18
Tennessee Williams
Half Broke Horses (Jeannette Walls)
Half Broke Horses
19
Jeannette Walls
Harrison Bergeron
Harrison Bergeron
20
Hoot (Carl Hiaasen)
Hoot
21
Carl Hiaasen
The House of the Scorpion (Nancy Farmer)
The House of the Scorpion
22
Nancy Farmer
House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
House on Mango Street
23
Sandra Cisneros
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
24
Ralph Ellison
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
25
H.G. Wells
Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
Last of the Mohicans
26
James Fenimore Cooper
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
27
Ernest J. Gaines
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
28
William Faulkner
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
29
Ishmael Beah
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
30
Booth Tarkington
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
31
Ray Bradbury
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
The Member of the Wedding
32
Carson McCullers
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
33
Kim Edwards
Milkweed
Milkweed
34
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
35
George Eliot
My Antonia by Willa Cather
My Antonia by Willa Cather
36
The Optimists Daughter
The Optimists Daughter
37
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
38
George Bernard Shaw
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
39
Lorraine Hansberry
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
40
Stephen Crane
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