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Books You Ought to Have Read by the Time You're 21 - Page 2

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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Mother Goose
Mother Goose
41
Grimms' Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm/Geo. Cruickshank(Illus))
Grimms' Fairy Tales
42
Brothers Grimm/Geo. Cruickshank(Illus)
Heidi (Johanna Spyri)
Heidi
43
Johanna Spyri
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
44
David Mitchell
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
45
Mark Haddon
Popco
Popco
46
The End of Mr Y
The End of Mr Y
47
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
48
Daniel Defoe
Foe
Foe
49
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
50
John Fowles
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
51
W.G. Sebald
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
52
Ian McEwan
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
53
Miguel De Cervantes
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
54
Voltaire
The Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
The Life of Pi
55
Yann Martel
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie)
The Enchantress of Florence
56
Salman Rushdie
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
57
Zadie Smith
Under the Skin (Michel Faber)
Under the Skin
58
Michel Faber
Delta De Venus
Delta De Venus
59
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
60
Henry Miller
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
61
Milan Kundera
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
62
Markus Zusak
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
63
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood)
The Penelopiad
64
Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
65
Margaret Atwood
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
66
Mark Z. Danielewski
The Raw Shark Texts
The Raw Shark Texts
67
A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
68
Damascus
Damascus
69
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
The Amityville Horror
70
Jay Anson
Puckoon
Puckoon
71
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
72
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
73
Daphne Du Maurier
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
74
Iain Banks
The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
The Stone Diaries
75
Carol Shields
The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveller's Wife
76
Audrey Niffenegger
Intimacy
Intimacy
77
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
78
Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms (By Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (By Ernest Hemingway)
79
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
80
Charles Dickens
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