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Books to Read Before Your Eighteenth Birthday

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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
1
Mary Shelley
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
2
Emily Brontë
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
3
George Eliot
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
4
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
5
Alice Walker
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
6
Sebastian Faulks
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
7
Maya Angelou
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
8
D.H. Lawrence
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
9
Bram Stoker
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
10
Evelyn Waugh
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
11
Hilary Mantel
A Room With a View (E. M. Forster)
A Room With a View
12
E. M. Forster
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
13
Louis De Bernieres
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
14
Anne Brontë
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
15
Khaled Hosseini
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
16
Thomas Hardy
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
17
Toni Morrison
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
18
William Makepeace Thackeray
Um Lugar Chamado Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
Um Lugar Chamado Brick Lane
19
Monica Ali
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
20
Charles Dickens
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
21
Zadie Smith
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
22
Miguel De Cervantes
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
23
D.H. Lawrence
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
24
Jane Austen
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
25
Evelyn Waugh
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
26
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove
27
Henry James
The Go Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go Between
28
L.P. Hartley
The Rainbow (D. H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
29
D. H. Lawrence
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
30
Anthony Powell
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
31
E.M. Forster
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
32
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Schindler's Ark (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's Ark
33
Thomas Keneally
Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh)
Decline and Fall
34
Evelyn Waugh
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
35
Vladimir Nabokov
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
36
Thomas Hardy
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
37
Thomas Hardy
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
38
Wilkie Collins
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
39
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
40
George Eliot
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