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Book Depository: Best Books Ever

According to an email received 17th July 2019 from Book Depository: "They said it couldn't be done, but we did it; we put together a list of the best books of all time. When we say best books ever, we're talking top tier stuff; bucket list material, books that you'd save in a fire."
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel García Márquez
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
3
Emily Brontë
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
4
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
5
Stephen Hawking
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
6
Charles Dickens
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
7
Truman Capote
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Roald Dahl)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
8
Roald Dahl
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
9
Gustave Flaubert
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
10
Oscar Wilde
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
11
Homer
Resurrection (Leo Tolstoy)
Resurrection
12
Leo Tolstoy
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
13
Joseph Heller
Fiesta (Ernest Hemingway)
Fiesta
14
Ernest Hemingway
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
15
Erich Maria Remarque
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quixote
16
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
17
Philip K. Dick
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
18
George Orwell
Earthsea (Ursula K. Leguin)
Earthsea
19
Ursula K. Leguin
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
20
Kurt Vonnegut
The Complete Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
The Complete Fairy Tales
21
The Brothers Grimm
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (Angela Carter)
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
22
Angela Carter
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
23
Martin Amis
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
24
Mary Shelley
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
25
Ray Bradbury
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto
26
Ann Pratchett
It (Stephen King)
It
27
Stephen King
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
28
George Eliot
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
29
Haruki Murakami
Therese Raquin (Emile Zola)
Therese Raquin
30
Emile Zola
The Magic Toyshop (Angela Carter)
The Magic Toyshop
31
Angela Carter
Northern Lights (Philip Pullman)
Northern Lights
32
Philip Pullman
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
33
Daphne Du Maurier
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
34
J.D. Salinger
Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)
Story of the Eye
35
Georges Bataille
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
36
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
37
Lewis Carroll
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
38
Vikram Seth
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
39
Salman Rushdie
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
40
Vladimir Nabokov
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