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Top Book Challenge for Avid Readers

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Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
1
Thomas Hardy
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
Sherlock Holmes...Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes...Hound of the Baskervilles
3
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
4
Ernest Hemingway
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
5
Sara Gruen
Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family (Amy Ellis Nutt)
Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family
6
Amy Ellis Nutt
A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
7
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
8
Thomas Hardy
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
9
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
10
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
11
Louisa May Alcott
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
12
Wilkie Collins
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
13
Charles Dickens
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
14
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
15
Victor Hugo
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
16
Franz Kafka
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
17
Franz Kafka
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
18
S.E. Hinton
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
19
Herman Melville
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
20
Miguel De Cervantes
Heidi (Johanna Spyri)
Heidi
21
Johanna Spyri
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
22
Robert Louis Stevenson
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
23
Harriet Beecher Stowe
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
24
Leo Tolstoy
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
25
H.G. Wells
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
26
Zora Neale Hurston
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
27
Carl Sagan
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
28
Anne Frank
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
29
A.S. Byatt
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
30
Joseph Conrad
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
31
J. M. Coetzee
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
32
Daphne Du Maurier
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
33
John Irving
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
34
James Joyce
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
35
Upton Sinclair
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
36
Flannery O'Connor
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
37
John Steinbeck
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
38
Henry David Thoreau
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
39
Isaac Asimov
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
40
Margaret Atwood
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