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Books to Read to Live a Full Life

Want to drink deep of the well of knowledge? Want to grab life by the horns and never let go? These are the books needed to embrace a fuller life of experience, understanding, compassion, and passion.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
4
George Orwell
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
5
J.R.R. Tolkien
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
6
Mary Shelley
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
7
Louisa May Alcott
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
8
J.D. Salinger
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
9
George Orwell
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
10
Charlotte Bronte
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
11
Aldous Huxley
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
12
Joseph Heller
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
13
Alice Walker
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
14
Leo Tolstoy
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
15
William Shakespeare
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
16
William Golding
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
17
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
18
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
19
Kurt Vonnegut
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
20
Charles Dickens
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
21
William Shakespeare
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
22
Emily Bronte
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
23
Vladimir Nabokov
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
24
John Steinbeck
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
25
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
26
Joseph Conrad
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
27
Oscar Wilde
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
28
E.B. White
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
29
Albert Camus
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
30
Leo Tolstoy
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
31
Margaret Mitchell
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
32
J.K. Rowling
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
33
Jane Austen
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
34
Daphne Du Maurier
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
35
Douglas Adams
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
36
Mark Haddon
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
37
Charles Dickens
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
38
Markus Zusak
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
39
Charles Dickens
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
40
Gustave Flaubert
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