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Books on Your First Step to Being Well-Read - Page 4

These are among the most basic books to read that will jump-start your journey to being very well-read, or at least basically well-read. Many of these are found on grade school through Intro English college reading lists. (And they appear over and over again in numerous book lists on this website!) This list covers a wide range of reading levels, genres, time periods, etc. Some can be read in one sitting, some will take quite a few days. None of them are particularly difficult to read. I hope you enjoy the journey!
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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
121
Ernest Hemingway
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
122
S. E. Hinton
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
123
Norton Juster
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
124
Oscar Wilde
The Portable Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Portable Edgar Allan Poe
125
Edgar Allan Poe
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
126
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
127
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
128
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Selected Poems of Robert Frost (Robert Frost)
The Selected Poems of Robert Frost
129
Robert Frost
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
130
Stephen King
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
131
William Faulkner
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
132
Albert Camus
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
133
Ernest Hemingway
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
134
Tim O'Brien
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
135
Alexandre Dumas
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
136
H.G. Wells
The Travels of Marco Polo (Marco Polo)
The Travels of Marco Polo
137
Marco Polo
The Trial and Death of Socrates (Plato)
The Trial and Death of Socrates
138
Plato
The Wasteland (T.S. Eliot)
The Wasteland
139
T.S. Eliot
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
140
Kenneth Grahame
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
141
Zora Neale Hurston
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
142
Chinua Achebe
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
143
John Le Carré
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
144
Harper Lee
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
145
Robert Louis Stevenson
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
146
Henry David Thoreau
War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
War of the Worlds
147
H.G. Wells
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Shel Silverstein)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
148
Shel Silverstein
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
149
Maurice Sendak
Winnie the Pooh (A a Milne)
Winnie the Pooh
150
A a Milne
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