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Books You Really Should Read

Lots of people seem to publish these lists and I never fully agree with them. This is a selection of the best books that I have read and that I would recommend other people have a go at. As soon as I finished it, I thought of about another fifty!
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Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
1
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
2
William Shakespeare
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
3
Louis De Bernieres
Assassins Apprentice
Assassins Apprentice
4
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
5
Alan Moore
Dark Knight Returns
Dark Knight Returns
6
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
7
Emily Brontë
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
8
Charlotte Bronte
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
9
Charles Dickens
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
10
Charles Dickens
Wasp Factory
Wasp Factory
11
Consider Phlebas (Iain M. Banks)
Consider Phlebas
12
Iain M. Banks
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
13
Frank Herbert
The Player of Games (Iain M. Banks)
The Player of Games
14
Iain M. Banks
Belgariad Series (David Eddings)
Belgariad Series
15
David Eddings
The Elenium
The Elenium
16
From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming)
From Russia With Love
17
Ian Fleming
Dr Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Dr Zhivago
18
Boris Pasternak
London the Biography (Peter Ackroyd)
London the Biography
19
Peter Ackroyd
The Siege of Krishnapur (J.G. Farrell)
The Siege of Krishnapur
20
J.G. Farrell
The Singapore Grip (J.G. Farrell)
The Singapore Grip
21
J.G. Farrell
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
22
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
23
George Orwell
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Philip Jose Farmer)
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
24
Philip Jose Farmer
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
25
Philip K. Dick
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
26
Philip K. Dick
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
27
Orson Scott Card
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
28
Stephen King
Across the Nightingale Floor
Across the Nightingale Floor
29
The Man Who Ate the World (Jay Rayner)
The Man Who Ate the World
30
Jay Rayner
Complete Cookery Course (Delia Smith)
Complete Cookery Course
31
Delia Smith
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
32
Thomas Hardy
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
33
Thomas Hardy
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
34
Henry Fielding
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
35
Daniel Defoe
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
36
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Call of Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu
37
H.P. Lovecraft
"Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" (M.R. James)
"Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad"
38
M.R. James
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
39
Rudyard Kipling
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
40
D.H. Lawrence
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