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Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
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Emily Bronte
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Born on the Fourth of July (Ron Kovic)
Born on the Fourth of July
3
Ron Kovic
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
4
John Steinbeck
Future Shock (Toffler Alvin)
Future Shock
5
Toffler Alvin
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
6
William Shakespeare
Scarlet Letter
Scarlet Letter
7
Games People Play
Games People Play
8
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
9
Mary Shelley
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
10
Herman Melville
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
11
Lewis Carroll
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
12
A. A. Milne
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven
13
Edgar Allan Poe
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
14
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Suddenly Last Summer (Tennessee Williams)
Suddenly Last Summer
15
Tennessee Williams
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
16
In Watermelon Sugar (Richard Brautigan)
In Watermelon Sugar
17
Richard Brautigan
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
18
J.R.R. Tolkien
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
19
Thomas Pynchon
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
20
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
21
Bret Easton Ellis
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
22
George Orwell
In the Penal Colony (Franz Kafka)
In the Penal Colony
23
Franz Kafka
The Atrocity Exhibition
The Atrocity Exhibition
24
Charlotte Sometimes (Penelope Farmer)
Charlotte Sometimes
25
Penelope Farmer
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
26
Bret Easton Ellis
Venus in Furs
Venus in Furs
27
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
28
Aldous Huxley
Demian (Herman Hesse)
Demian
29
Herman Hesse
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
30
Arthur C. Clarke
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
31
Mission Earth (L. Ron Hubbard)
Mission Earth
32
L. Ron Hubbard
The Broken Wings (Kahlil Gibran)
The Broken Wings
33
Kahlil Gibran
Love for Lydia
Love for Lydia
34
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
35
Ayn Rand
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
36
Erich Maria Remarque
Billy Liar (Keith Waterhouse)
Billy Liar
37
Keith Waterhouse
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
38
Roald Dahl
The Wild Boys
The Wild Boys
39
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
40
Vladimir Nabokov
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