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Essential Books to Read in a Lifetime - Page 2

These are all the books I want to make sure I read in my lifetime. I feel that reading these books go a long way towards making a person well read. Many of them help you to understand the many pop culture references commonly made about them.
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Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
41
Victor Hugo
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
42
Gustave Flaubert
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
43
Veronica Roth
Vampire Academy (Richelle Mead)
Vampire Academy
44
Richelle Mead
City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)
City of Bones
45
Cassandra Clare
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
46
Bram Stoker
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
47
William Goldman
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
48
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
49
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
50
Aldous Huxley
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
51
Alice Sebold
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
52
Leo Tolstoy
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
53
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
54
Charles Dickens
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
55
Yann Martel
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
56
Homer
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
57
Anonymous
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
58
Kurt Vonnegut
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
59
Joseph Heller
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
60
Mary Shelley
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
61
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
62
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
63
Jack London
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
64
Ken Kesey
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
65
Charles Dickens
The Lightning Thief (Rick Riordan)
The Lightning Thief
66
Rick Riordan
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
67
Barbara Kingsolver
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
68
Diana Gabaldon
A Song of Ice and Fire Series
A Song of Ice and Fire Series
69
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
70
Anthony Burgess
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
71
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
The Inferno
72
Dante Alighieri
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
73
Nicholas Sparks
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
74
Stephen King
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
75
Stephen King
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
76
Stieg Larsson
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
77
Louisa May Alcott
Interview With a Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With a Vampire
78
Anne Rice
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
79
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm)
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
80
Brothers Grimm
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