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Books People Always Say You Should Read (But How Many Actually Have You?) - Page 2

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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Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels
41
Jonathan Swift
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
42
Margaret Atwood
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
43
J.K. Rowling
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
44
Douglas Adams
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
45
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
46
H.G. Wells
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
47
Charlotte Bronte
Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
Kane and Abel
48
Jeffrey Archer
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
49
Khalid Hosseini
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
50
Victor Hugo
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S.Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
51
C.S.Lewis
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
52
Louisa May Alcott
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
53
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
54
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
55
Andy Weir
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
56
Salman Rushdie
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
57
Herman Melville
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
58
Umberto Eco
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
59
Kazuo Ishiguro
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
60
Cormac McCarthy
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
61
Elizabeth Gaskell
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
62
Jane Austen
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
63
John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
64
Ernest Hemingway
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
65
Ken Kesey
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
66
E.M. Forster
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
67
Oscar Wilde
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
68
Ken Follett
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
69
Jane Austen
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
70
Daphne Du Maurier
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
71
Cormac McCarthy
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
72
William Shakespeare
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
73
Donna Tartt
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
74
Jane Austen
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
75
Stephen King
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
76
Kurt Vonnegut
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
77
Charles Dickens
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
78
Thomas Hardy
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
79
Alexandre Dumas
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
80
Harper Lee
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