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Books Every American Should Read

Unranked or ordered, and entirely biased by my own opinions and experiences. The world would be a better place if every American (and every other person, for that matter), had read each of these books.
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
1
Joseph Heller
The Hunger Games Series (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games Series
2
Suzanne Collins
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
3
Ray Bradbury
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
4
John Milton
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
5
Mary Shelley
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
6
Homer
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
7
Homer
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
8
Virgil
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
9
Dante Alighieri
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
10
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
11
Jane Austen
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
12
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkein)
The Hobbit
13
J.R.R. Tolkein
The Chronicles of Narnia: Full Series (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Full Series
14
C.S. Lewis
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
15
Anonymous
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
16
Mark Twain
Huckelberry Finn
Huckelberry Finn
17
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
18
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
19
George Orwell
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
20
George Orwell
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
21
Douglas Adams
The Truth Machine (James L. Halperin)
The Truth Machine
22
James L. Halperin
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
23
Herman Melville
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
24
Jane Austen
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
25
Frank Herbert
A Song of Ice and Fire (George R. R. Martin)
A Song of Ice and Fire
26
George R. R. Martin
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
27
Victor Hugo
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
28
Alexandre Dumas
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
29
Bram Stoker
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
30
Gaston Leroux
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
31
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
32
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
33
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
34
William Shakespeare
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
35
Umberto Eco
The Weight of Glory
The Weight of Glory
36
The Abolition of Man (CS Lewis)
The Abolition of Man
37
CS Lewis
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
38
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
39
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Second Treatise of Government
Second Treatise of Government
40
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