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50 Excellent Books That Will Do More Than Entertain

50 Books I have read that were both excellently written and left me with a sense of having learnt something new, something different and something useful. I hope you find the same.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
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The Art of War
The Art of War
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Atul Gawande)
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Atul Gawande)
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Flares and Graces and Carnaby Street (Martha Bertrand)
Flares and Graces and Carnaby Street (Martha Bertrand)
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The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
9
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
10
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
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The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars
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The Godfather
The Godfather
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Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
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The Elements of Eloquence (Mark Forsyth)
The Elements of Eloquence (Mark Forsyth)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
19
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
20
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)
21
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
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Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera
23
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
24
Porterhouse Blue (Tom Sharpe)
Porterhouse Blue (Tom Sharpe)
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The Little Prince
The Little Prince
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Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
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The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking
28
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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Carry On, Jeeves
Carry On, Jeeves
31
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Moonwalking With Einstein
Moonwalking With Einstein
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Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
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The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
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Little Angels Don't Cry (Martha Bertrand)
Little Angels Don't Cry (Martha Bertrand)
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
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The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams)
39
A Man Rides Through (Stephen R. Donaldson)
A Man Rides Through (Stephen R. Donaldson)
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Inferno (Dante)
Inferno (Dante)
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