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BBC's Top 100 Books You Need to Read Before You Die - Page 2

The BBC has an esteemed list of 100 books they think every person should read before they die -- a literary bucket list, if you will.
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
41
George Orwell
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
42
Dan Brown
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
43
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
44
John Irving
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
45
Wilkie Collins
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
46
L.M. Montgomery
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
47
Thomas Hardy
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
48
Margaret Atwood
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
49
William Golding
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
50
Ian McEwan
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
51
Yann Martel
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
52
Frank Herbert
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
53
Stella Gibbons
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
54
Jane Austen
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
55
Vikram Seth
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
56
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
57
Charles Dickens
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
58
Aldous Huxley
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
59
Mark Haddon
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
60
Gabriel García Márquez
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
61
John Steinbeck
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
62
Vladimir Nabokov
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
63
Donna Tartt
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
64
Alice Sebold
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
65
Alexandre Dumas
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
66
Jack Kerouac
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
67
Thomas Hardy
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
68
Helen Fielding
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
69
Salman Rushdie
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
70
Herman Melville
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
71
Charles Dickens
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
72
Bram Stoker
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
73
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
74
Bill Bryson
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
75
James Joyce
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
76
Sylvia Plath
Swallows and Amazons (Arthur Ransome)
Swallows and Amazons
77
Arthur Ransome
Germinal – Emile Zola
Germinal – Emile Zola
78
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
79
William Makepeace Thackeray
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
80
A.S. Byatt
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