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50 Classic Books to Broaden Your Horizons

Some essential books that you owe it to yourself to read once in your lifetime. Some childhood favourites and some with very adult themes.
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Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
1
Victor Hugo
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
2
Charles Dickens
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
3
Daniel Defoe
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
4
Jules Verne
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
5
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
6
Alexandre Dumas
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
7
Herman Melville
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
8
Miguel De Cervantes
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
9
Charles Dickens
Notre-Dame De Paris by Victor Hugo
Notre-Dame De Paris by Victor Hugo
10
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood
11
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
12
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
13
Rudyard Kipling
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
14
Bram Stoker
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
15
Mary Shelley
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
16
Gaston Leroux
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
17
Mark Twain
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
18
Homer
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
19
Homer
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
20
Charles Dickens
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
21
Jules Verne
Dick Sand, a Captain at Fifteen
Dick Sand, a Captain at Fifteen
22
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
23
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
24
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
25
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Last Unicorn (Peter S. Beagle)
The Last Unicorn
26
Peter S. Beagle
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
27
James Fenimore Cooper
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
28
Dante Alighieri
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
29
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
30
H.G. Wells
A Princess of Mars (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
A Princess of Mars
31
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
32
Ernest Hemingway
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
33
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
34
William Shakespeare
Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes
35
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Conan
Conan
36
The Call of Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu
37
H.P. Lovecraft
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
38
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
39
Henryk Sienkiewicz
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
40
C.S. Lewis
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