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Books Everyone Says They've Read (But Actually Haven't) - Page 5

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Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
161
Daniel Defoe
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
162
William Shakespeare
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
163
Tom Stoppard
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
164
Yuval Noah Harari
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
165
Salman Rushdie
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
166
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
167
Simone De Beauvoir
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
168
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
169
Donna Tartt
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
170
John Knowles
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
171
Stephen King
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
172
Thomas Harris
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
173
Kurt Vonnegut
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
174
Toni Morrison
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
175
William Faulkner
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
176
Vladimir Nabokov
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
177
Stephen King
Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
Steve Jobs
178
Walter Isaacson
A Storm of Swords (George R.R. Martin)
A Storm of Swords
179
George R.R. Martin
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
180
Albert Camus
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
181
Robert A. Heinlein
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
182
Charles Dickens
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
183
Tim O'Brien
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
184
Khaled Hosseini
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
185
H.G. Wells
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
186
Harper Lee
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
187
Robert Louis Stevenson
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
188
Stephenie Meyer
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
189
James Joyce
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
190
Milan Kundera
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
191
Jennifer Egan
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
192
Henry David Thoreau
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
193
Leo Tolstoy
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
194
H.G. Wells
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
195
Richard Adams
What Happened (Hillary Clinton)
What Happened
196
Hillary Clinton
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
197
Raymond Carver
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
198
Emily Bronte
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
199
Joan Didion
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
200
Robert M Pirsig
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