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50 Works of Fiction Everyone Should Read

This is a list of some of my favourite works of fiction. It includes novels, plays, short stories, and graphic novels.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Neapolitan Novels (Elena Ferrante)
The Neapolitan Novels
2
Elena Ferrante
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
3
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
4
S.E. Hinton
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
5
Zora Neale Hurston
The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
The Golden Compass
6
Philip Pullman
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
7
J.K. Rowling
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
8
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
9
Kurt Vonnegut
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
10
Norton Juster
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
11
Virginia Woolf
Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (J.D. Salinger)
Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
12
J.D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
13
J.D. Salinger
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
14
Donna Tartt
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
15
Donna Tartt
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
16
Dorothy Allison
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
17
Stephen Chbosky
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
18
James Baldwin
Going to Meet the Man (James Baldwin)
Going to Meet the Man
19
James Baldwin
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
20
Lois Lowry
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
21
Roald Dahl
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
22
John Steinbeck
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
23
John Steinbeck
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
24
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
25
Leo Tolstoy
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
26
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
27
Toni Morrison
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
28
Toni Morrison
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
29
George Orwell
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
30
Ralph Ellison
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
31
Franz Kafka
Almanac of the Dead (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Almanac of the Dead
32
Leslie Marmon Silko
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
33
Richard Wright
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
34
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
35
Emily Bronte
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
36
Mary Shelley
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
37
Charles Dickens
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
38
Carson McCullers
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
39
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
40
Margaret Atwood
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