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Books Everyone Says They've Read (But Actually Haven't)

Based on rumours, secret confessions, and personal experience, it's a big ol' list of the books most people claim to have read (but usually haven't).
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100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
3
Jules Verne
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
4
Stephen Covey
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
5
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
6
Paulo Coelho
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
7
Ron Chernow
Alice Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
8
Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
9
Lewis Carroll
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
10
Anthony Doerr
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
11
Michael Chabon
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
12
Agatha Christie
The Andromeda Strain (Michael Crichton)
The Andromeda Strain
13
Michael Crichton
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
14
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
15
Leo Tolstoy
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
16
Sophocles
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
17
Jules Verne
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
18
William Faulkner
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
19
Ayn Rand
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
20
Roxane Gay
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
21
Ann Patchett
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
22
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
23
Toni Morrison
Beyond Good and Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Beyond Good and Evil
24
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
25
Anonymous
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
26
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
27
Charles Dickens
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
28
Tina Fey
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
29
Aldous Huxley
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
30
Stephen Hawking
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
31
Junot Díaz
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
32
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson)
Calvin and Hobbes
33
Bill Watterson
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
34
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
35
J.D. Salinger
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
36
Suzanne Collins
A Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin)
A Clash of Kings
37
George R.R. Martin
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
38
David Mitchell
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
39
Alice Walker
Commonwealth (Ann Patchett)
Commonwealth
40
Ann Patchett
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