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Essential Books You'll Actually Read

This list 50 non-fiction and 100 fiction books contains recommendations you might actually read (if you haven't already).
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
3
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
4
Paulo Coelho
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
5
Ron Chernow
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
6
Lewis Carroll
Alive (Piers Paul Read)
Alive
7
Piers Paul Read
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
8
Anthony Doerr
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
9
Erich Maria Remarque
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
10
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
11
George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
12
L.M. Montgomery
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
13
Leo Tolstoy
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
14
Sylvia Plath
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
15
Ian McEwan
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)
16
Bad Blood (Lorna Sage)
Bad Blood
17
Lorna Sage
Barney's Version (Mordecai Richler)
Barney's Version
18
Mordecai Richler
The Beauty Myth (Naomi Wolf)
The Beauty Myth
19
Naomi Wolf
The Beetle (Richard Marsh)
The Beetle
20
Richard Marsh
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
21
Sylvia Plath
Blink (Malcolm Gladwell)
Blink
22
Malcolm Gladwell
The Book of Negroes (Lawrence Hill)
The Book of Negroes
23
Lawrence Hill
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
24
Markus Zusak
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
25
Tina Fey
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
26
Aldous Huxley
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
27
Kurt Vonnegut
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
28
Stephen Hawking
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
29
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
30
Dee Brown
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
31
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
32
J.D. Salinger
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web
33
E. B. White
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
34
John Wyndham
City of Thieves (David Benioff)
City of Thieves
35
David Benioff
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
36
Anthony Burgess
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
37
Alice Walker
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
38
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
39
Anne Frank
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
40
J. M. Coetzee
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