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Compilation of Must-Read Books

They're a mix of contemporary and classic and contemporary classics. Some of them are overrated, some are underrated. Never in the middle.
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Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
1
Lao-Tzu
Either Or
Either Or
2
Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil
Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil
3
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
4
Daniel Keyes
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
5
Arthur Miller
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
6
Anthony Burgess
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
7
Aldous Huxley
The Solitude of Prime Numbers (Paolo Giordano)
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
8
Paolo Giordano
The Elementary Particles
The Elementary Particles
9
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
10
Samuel Beckett
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
11
Joseph Conrad
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
12
Victor Hugo
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
13
Marcel Proust
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
14
Hermann Hesse
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
15
Hermann Hesse
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
16
J.D. Salinger
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
17
Joseph Heller
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
18
Haruki Murakami
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
19
Kazuo Ishiguro
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
20
George Orwell
The Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac)
The Dharma Bums
21
Jack Kerouac
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
22
Ernest Hemingway
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
23
John Steinbeck
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
24
Vladimir Nabokov
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
25
Ernest Hemingway
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
26
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
27
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
28
Virginia Woolf
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
29
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
30
Albert Camus
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
31
Franz Kafka
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
32
Ishmael Beah
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
33
Markus Zusak
Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi)
Survival in Auschwitz
34
Primo Levi
Someone Knows My Name
Someone Knows My Name
35
The Social Contract
The Social Contract
36
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
37
John Boyne
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
38
Alice Walker
Do They Hear You When You Cry (Togo)
Do They Hear You When You Cry (Togo)
39
The Pianist
The Pianist
40
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