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Books Everyone Wishes They've Read

Look: nobody's perfect. We'd all love to read more, to be able to say "Yes I have read that famous book, la-dee-dah." These are the kinds of books we'd all be so proud to have read, to place prominently on our bookshelves, and not-so-subtly work into conversation as often as we can.
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
1
Leo Tolstoy
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
2
John Steinbeck
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
3
James Joyce
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
4
David Foster Wallace
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
5
George Orwell
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
6
Victor Hugo
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
7
Fyodor Dostoevsky
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
8
Marcel Proust
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
9
Alexandre Dumas
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
10
Daniel Defoe
Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice
11
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
12
J.R.R.Tolkien
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
13
Charles Dickens
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
14
Ralph Ellison
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
15
Ayn Rand
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
16
Franz Kafka
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
17
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
18
Salman Rushdie
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked
19
Gregory Maguire
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
20
Ernest Hemingway
Complete Works of Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
Complete Works of Shakespeare
21
William Shakespeare
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
22
Miguel De Cervantes
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
23
Sun Tzu
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
24
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
25
Dante Alighieri
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
26
John Irving
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
27
Viktor Frankl
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
28
John Steinbeck
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
29
John Milton
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
30
Milan Kundera
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
31
Ayn Rand
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
32
William Faulkner
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
33
Margaret Atwood
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
34
Erich Maria Remarque
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
35
Leo Tolstoy
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
36
Philip Roth
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
37
William Styron
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
38
Albert Camus
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
39
Herman Melville
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
40
Virginia Woolf
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