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Books People Always Say You Should Read (But How Many Actually Have You?)

People always seem to be saying that you should read these books, but how many of them actually have you read? A mix of books considered literacy classics and modern fiction that it seems like everyone was reading at one point.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
3
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
4
Mark Twain
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
5
Lewis Carroll
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
6
Anthony Doerr
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
7
Neil Gaiman
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
8
Agatha Christie
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
9
George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
10
L.M. Montgomery
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
11
Leo Tolstoy
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
12
Markus Zusak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
13
Aldous Huxley
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
14
Jack London
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
15
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
16
J.D. Salinger
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web
17
E. B. White
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
18
Charles Dickens
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
19
Anthony Burgess
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
20
Alice Walker
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
21
Alexandre Dumas
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
22
Fyodor Dostoevsky
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
23
Charles Dickens
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
24
Bram Stoker
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
25
Frank Herbert
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
26
Dan Brown
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
27
Jane Austen
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
28
Ray Bradbury
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
29
Thomas Hardy
Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation
30
Isaac Asimov
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
31
Mary Shelley
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
32
Paula Hawkins
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
33
Stieg Larsson
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
34
Mario Puzo
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
35
Donna Tartt
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
36
Gillian Flynn
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
37
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
38
John Steinbeck
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
39
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
40
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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