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Books to Read Before Your Twenty-First Birthday

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The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
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George Eliot
Holy Bible King James Version
Holy Bible King James Version
2
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
3
John Milton
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
4
Jane Austen
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
5
Leo Tolstoy
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
6
Virginia Woolf
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
7
Anonymous
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
8
John Steinbeck
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
9
Alexandre Dumas
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
10
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Koran (Allah)
The Koran
11
Allah
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
12
Leo Tolstoy
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
13
James Joyce
The Life of Samuel Johnson
The Life of Samuel Johnson
14
Dr Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Dr Zhivago
15
Boris Pasternak
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
Farewell to Arms
16
Ernest Hemingway
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
17
Gustave Flaubert
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
18
Alexandre Dumas
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
19
Ken Kesey
Martin Chuzzlewit (Charles Dickens)
Martin Chuzzlewit
20
Charles Dickens
The Diaries of Samuel Pepys (Samuel Pepys)
The Diaries of Samuel Pepys
21
Samuel Pepys
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
22
Anthony Burgess
Tom Brown's Schooldays (Thomas Hughes)
Tom Brown's Schooldays
23
Thomas Hughes
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
24
Daniel Defoe
Wives and Daughters (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Wives and Daughters
25
Elizabeth Gaskell
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
26
James Joyce
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
27
Edgar Allan Poe
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
28
Erich Maria Remarque
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
29
Victor Hugo
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
30
Salman Rushdie
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
31
Thomas Hardy
The History of Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
The History of Tom Jones
32
Henry Fielding
The Dubliners (James Joyce)
The Dubliners
33
James Joyce
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
34
Ernest Hemingway
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
35
Isabel Allende
The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
The Anatomy of Melancholy
36
Robert Burton
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
37
H.G. Wells
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
38
John Galsworthy
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
39
John Fowles
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
40
Voltaire
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