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Best Books Ever Written

13 "Best Books" lists combined and condensed into one master best books list, for the benefit of your reading pleasure. 623 of the best books ever written - can you collect them all? From www.alistofbooks.com.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
2
J.D. Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
3
John Steinbeck
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
4
George Orwell
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
5
James Joyce
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
6
Vladimir Nabokov
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
7
Joseph Heller
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
8
Toni Morrison
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
9
William Faulkner
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
10
Harper Lee
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
11
J.R.R. Tolkien
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
12
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
13
Aldous Huxley
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
14
Virginia Woolf
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
15
Ralph Ellison
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
16
Margaret Mitchell
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
17
Charlotte Brontë
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
18
Jack Kerouac
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
19
Jane Austen
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
20
William Golding
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
21
George Eliot
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
22
Leo Tolstoy
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
23
George Orwell
A Passage to India (E. M. Forster)
A Passage to India
24
E. M. Forster
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
25
Marcel Proust
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
26
Emily Brontë
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
27
C.S. Lewis
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
28
Alice Walker
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
29
Salman Rushdie
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
30
James Joyce
Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Winnie the Pooh
31
A.A. Milne
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
32
Joseph Conrad
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
33
Virginia Woolf
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Slaughterhouse-Five
34
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
35
Leo Tolstoy
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
36
John Steinbeck
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
37
Herman Melville
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
38
Louisa May Alcott
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
39
Richard Wright
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
40
Douglas Adams
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