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Essential Books to Read in a Lifetime - Page 3

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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Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
81
Edgar Allan Poe
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
82
Franz Kafka
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
83
Albert Camus
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
84
Mitch Albom
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
85
Mark Haddon
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
86
Chuck Palahniuk
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
87
Douglas Adams
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
88
Thomas Hardy
Quran
Quran
89
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked
90
Gregory Maguire
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
91
Alexandre Dumas
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
92
Gaston Leroux
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
93
John Milton
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
94
Leo Tolstoy
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
95
Jeffrey Eugenides
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
96
Kurt Vonnegut
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
97
Stephen Chbosky
Crank (Ellen Hopkins)
Crank
98
Ellen Hopkins
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
99
Anonymous
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
100
Gillian Flynn
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
101
Alan Moore
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
102
Anne Frank
Julie & the Wolves
Julie & the Wolves
103
Grendel
Grendel
104
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
105
Kathryn Stockett
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
106
Neil Gaiman
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