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Books to Read Before Graduating College

100 books that will help you understand the diverse ideas of people, and governments in the 21st century. These books attempt to showcase many of the dominant styles, thoughts, and stories that are embedded in Western culture today.
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Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
2
Ralph Ellison
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
3
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
4
William Faulkner
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
5
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
6
William Shakespeare
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
7
Joseph Heller
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
8
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
9
Kurt Vonnegut
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
10
Cormac McCarthy
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
11
Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
12
Thomas Hardy
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
13
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
14
Toni Morrison
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
15
Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
16
Virginia Woolf
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
17
J. M. Coetzee
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
18
Samuel Beckett
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
19
Albert Camus
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
20
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
21
Sebastian Faulks
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
22
Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
23
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
24
Ernest Hemingway
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
Farewell to Arms
25
Ernest Hemingway
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
26
John Steinbeck
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
27
John Steinbeck
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
28
James Joyce
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
29
Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
30
Margaret Atwood
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
31
Mary Shelley
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
32
Bram Stoker
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
33
Mark Twain
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
34
Henry David Thoreau
Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver, Barbara)
Poisonwood Bible
35
Kingsolver, Barbara
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
36
Chinua Achebe
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
37
Franz Kafka
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
38
Aldous Huxley
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
39
Vladimir Nabokov
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
40
Dante Alighieri
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