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Books You Can't Live Without: The Top 101

From The Guardian all the way back in 2007, here is the list of top books English readers cannot live without.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
2
J.R.R. Tolkien
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
3
Charlotte Brontë
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
4
J.K. Rowling
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
5
Harper Lee
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
6
Anonymous
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
7
Emily Bronte
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
8
George Orwell
Northern Lights (Philip Pullman)
Northern Lights
9
Philip Pullman
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
10
Charles Dickens
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
11
Louisa May Alcott
Tess of the D'ubervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'ubervilles
12
Thomas Hardy
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
13
Joseph Heller
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
14
William Shakespeare
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
15
Daphne Du Maurier
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
16
J.R.R. Tolkien
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
17
Sebastian Faulks
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
18
J.D. Salinger
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
19
Audrey Niffenegger
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
20
George Eliot
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
21
Margaret Mitchell
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
22
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
23
Charles Dickens
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
24
Leo Tolstoy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
25
Douglas Adams
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
26
Evelyn Waugh
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
27
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
28
John Steinbeck
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
29
Lewis Carroll
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
30
Kenneth Grahame
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
31
Leo Tolstoy
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
32
Charles Dickens
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
33
C.S. Lewis
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
34
Jane Austen
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
35
Chinua Achebe
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
36
Jane Austen
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
37
Khalid Hosseini
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
38
Louis De Bernieres
Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
Prince Caspian
39
C.S. Lewis
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
40
Arthur Golden
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