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75 Books and Novels That Everyone Should Read in Their Lifetime

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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4
Betty Smith
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
5
Markus Zusak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
6
Aldous Huxley
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
7
Colson Whitehead
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
8
Toni Morrison
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
9
Anthony Doerr
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
10
Joseph Heller
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
11
Jack London
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
12
Ray Bradbury
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
13
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
14
Alice Sebold
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
15
Paulo Coelho
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
16
Amy Tan
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
17
Hermann Hesse
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
18
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
19
Khaled Hosseini
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
20
Margaret Atwood
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
21
Alice Walker
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
22
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
23
Zora Neale Hurston
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
24
Sylvia Plath
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
25
J.K. Rowling
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
26
Kurt Vonnegut
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
27
Ursula K Le Guin
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
28
Hanya Yanagihara
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
29
Donna Tartt
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
30
Kazuo Ishiguro
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
31
John Steinbeck
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
32
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
33
Lois Lowry
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
34
Emily Bronte
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
35
Leo Tolstoy
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
36
Mary Shelley
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
37
Sally Rooney
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
38
Ken Follett
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
39
Louisa May Alcott
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
40
Stephen King
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