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CharityReads -101 Books to Read Before You're Dead

A collection of classics, contemporary fiction, and nonfiction that are recommended reading in a lifetime.
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The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
1
Umberto Eco
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
2
J.D. Salinger
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
4
Barbara Kingsolver
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
5
Jane Austen
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
6
Daphne Du Maurier
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
7
Alice Sebold
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
8
Sylvia Plath
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
9
Emily Brontë
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
10
Charlotte Brontë
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
11
William Golding
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
12
Agatha Christie
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
13
John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
14
Harper Lee
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
15
Mark Twain
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
16
Charles Dickens
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
17
Douglas Adams
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
18
Alice Walker
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
19
Anne Frank
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
20
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
21
Bret Easton Ellis
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
22
Patrick Suskind
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
23
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
24
Erich Maria Remarque
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
25
Michael Chabon
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
26
Ian McEwan
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
27
Toni Morrison
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
28
Raymond Chandler
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
29
Aldous Huxley
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
30
Truman Capote
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
31
Joseph Heller
Cider With Rosie
Cider With Rosie
32
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
33
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crow Road
The Crow Road
34
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
35
Bram Stoker
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
36
Louis De Bernieres
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
37
Josephine Tey
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
38
John Kennedy Toole
The Code of the Woosters (Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
39
Wodehouse
An Evil Cradling
An Evil Cradling
40
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