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Essential Books You'll Actually Read - Page 4

This list 50 non-fiction and 100 fiction books contains recommendations you might actually read (if you haven't already).
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The Road to Wigan Pier (George Orwell)
The Road to Wigan Pier
121
George Orwell
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
122
Luo Guanzhong
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
123
Simone De Beauvoir
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
124
Stephen King
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
125
Bill Bryson
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
126
Rachel Carson
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
127
Kurt Vonnegut
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
128
William Faulkner
Stalingrad (Antony Beevor)
Stalingrad
129
Antony Beevor
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
130
Ernest Hemingway
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
131
Charles Dickens
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
132
Thomas Hardy
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
133
Zora Neale Hurston
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
134
Chinua Achebe
Three Day Road (Joseph Boyden)
Three Day Road
135
Joseph Boyden
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
136
Audrey Niffenegger
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
137
Harper Lee
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
138
Nevil Shute
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
139
Franz Kafka
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
140
Henry Miller
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
141
James Joyce
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
142
Milan Kundera
Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Unbroken
143
Laura Hillenbrand
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
144
Han Kang
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
145
Leo Tolstoy
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
146
Richard Adams
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
147
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (Philip Gourevitch)
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
148
Philip Gourevitch
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans
149
Jung Chang
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
150
Joan Didion
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