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Books You Ought to Have Read by the Time You're 21

By the time you're 21 years old you're officially an adult and have little time for reading really challenging novels. So this brief selection covers some of what you ought to have read before you reach majority.
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The Faraway Tree
The Faraway Tree
1
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
2
L.M. Montgomery
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
3
Louisa May Alcott
The Silver Sword (Ian Serraillier)
The Silver Sword
4
Ian Serraillier
I Am David
I Am David
5
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
6
C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
7
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
8
Kenneth Grahame
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
9
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
10
George Orwell
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
11
Anne Frank
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
12
John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
13
John Steinbeck
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
14
William Golding
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
15
Harper Lee
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
16
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer's Night Dream
A Midsummer's Night Dream
17
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
18
William Shakespeare
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
19
Bram Stoker
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
20
Mary Shelley
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
21
Stephen King
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
22
V.C. Andrews
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
23
Thomas Hardy
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
24
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
25
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
26
Virginia Woolf
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
27
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
28
Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
29
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
30
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
31
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
32
Christine (Stephen King)
Christine
33
Stephen King
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
34
Hermann Hesse
My Childhood Maxim Gorky
My Childhood Maxim Gorky
35
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go-Between
36
L.P. Hartley
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
37
Kazuo Ishiguro
Enduring Love (Ian McEwan)
Enduring Love
38
Ian McEwan
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
39
Angela Carter
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
40
John Wyndham
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