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ForReadingAddicts' Ultimate Top 50 Books Everyone Should Read

A list of fifty books that everyone should read. This list was generated by votes at forreadingaddicts.co.uk.
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The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
1
J.R.R.Tolkien
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
2
J.K. Rowling
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
3
George Orwell
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
4
Harper Lee
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
5
Markus Zusak
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
6
Jane Austen
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
7
Oscar Wilde
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
8
Margaret Mitchell
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
9
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
10
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
11
Anonymous
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
12
Bram Stoker
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
13
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
14
Charlotte Bronte
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
15
Stephen King
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
16
Betty Smith
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
17
Leo Tolstoy
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
18
J.D. Salinger
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
19
Charles Dickens
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
20
Vladimir Nabokov
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Marie Kondo)
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
21
Marie Kondo
Tuesdays With Morrie
Tuesdays With Morrie
22
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
23
Anne Frank
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
24
Miguel De Cervantes
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
25
George Orwell
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
26
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
27
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
28
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
29
Victor Hugo
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
30
Emily Bronte
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
31
Khaled Hosseini
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
32
Zora Neale Hurston
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
33
Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
34
L.M. Montgomery
The Dragonbone Chair (Tad Williams)
The Dragonbone Chair
35
Tad Williams
It (Stephen King)
It
36
Stephen King
Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
Neverwhere
37
Neil Gaiman
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
38
Truman Capote
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
39
Lewis Carroll
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
40
Alexandre Dumas
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