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80 Must Read Books

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Some will be classics and others will one day be classics. Some will not be so well known and may remain so. All of them are worth reading!
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Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
1
Vladimir Nabokov
The French Executioner (C.C. Humphreys)
The French Executioner
2
C.C. Humphreys
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
3
Sue Monk Kidd
The Crimson Petal and the White (Michael Faber)
The Crimson Petal and the White
4
Michael Faber
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
5
John Steinbeck
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
6
Charles Dickens
Slammerkin (Emma Donoghue)
Slammerkin
7
Emma Donoghue
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
8
Oscar Wilde
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
9
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Cement Garden
The Cement Garden
10
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
11
Kenneth Grahame
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
12
The Girl With All the Gifts (M R Carey)
The Girl With All the Gifts
13
M R Carey
The Bees (Laline Paull)
The Bees
14
Laline Paull
Gerald's Game (Stephen King)
Gerald's Game
15
Stephen King
Waiting for Doggo (Mark Mills)
Waiting for Doggo
16
Mark Mills
The Devil in the Marshalsea (Hodgson Antonia)
The Devil in the Marshalsea
17
Hodgson Antonia
Conversations With Spirits (E.O. Higgins)
Conversations With Spirits
18
E.O. Higgins
The Palace of Curiosities (Rosie Garland)
The Palace of Curiosities
19
Rosie Garland
Daughters of the Witching Hill
Daughters of the Witching Hill
20
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
21
Alice Walker
Needful Things (Stephen King)
Needful Things
22
Stephen King
Company of Liars (Karen Maitland)
Company of Liars
23
Karen Maitland
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
24
Vladimir Nabokov
The Miniaturist (Jessie Burton)
The Miniaturist
25
Jessie Burton
The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion)
The Rosie Project
26
Graeme Simsion
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (Jonas Jonasson)
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
27
Jonas Jonasson
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
28
William Shakespeare
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
29
William Peter Blatty
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
30
Anthony Burgess
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
31
Patrick Suskind
Pure
Pure
32
Mudbound (Hillary Jordan)
Mudbound
33
Hillary Jordan
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
34
Kathryn Stockett
The Somnambulist (Essie Fox)
The Somnambulist
35
Essie Fox
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
36
Jeffrey Eugenides
Under the Skin (Michel Faber)
Under the Skin
37
Michel Faber
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
38
Fannie Flagg
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
39
Judy Blume
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
40
John Ajvide Lindqvist
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