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Books You Can't Live Without: The Top 101 - Page 2

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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Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
41
A. A. Milne
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
42
George Orwell
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
43
Dan Brown
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
44
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
45
John Irving
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
46
Wilkie Collins
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
47
L.M. Montgomery
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
48
Thomas Hardy
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
49
Margaret Atwood
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
50
William Golding
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
51
Ian McEwan
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
52
Yann Martel
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
53
Frank Herbert
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
54
Stella Gibbons
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
55
Jane Austen
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
56
Vikram Seth
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
57
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
58
Charles Dickens
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
59
Aldous Huxley
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
60
Mark Haddon
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
61
Gabriel García Marquez
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
62
John Steinbeck
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
63
Vladimir Nabokov
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
64
Donna Tartt
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
65
Alice Sebold
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
66
Alexandre Dumas
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
67
Jack Kerouac
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
68
Thomas Hardy
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
69
Helen Fielding
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
70
Salman Rushdie
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
71
Herman Melville
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
72
Charles Dickens
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
73
Bram Stoker
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
74
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
75
Bill Bryson
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
76
James Joyce
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
77
Sylvia Plath
Swallows and Amazons (Arthur Ransome)
Swallows and Amazons
78
Arthur Ransome
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
79
Émile Zola
Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
80
William Thackeray
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