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Goodreads' 100 Books to Read Before You Die

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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
4
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
6
George Orwell
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
7
Joseph Heller
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
8
Charlotte Bronte
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
9
Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
10
Emily Bronte
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
11
William Golding
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
12
Louisa May Alcott
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
13
Aldous Huxley
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
14
Leo Tolstoy
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
15
Margaret Mitchell
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
16
E.B. White
Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
Count of Monte Cristo
17
Alexander Dumas
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
18
John Steinbeck
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
19
James Joyce
100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
20
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
21
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
22
Bram Stoker
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
23
Joseph Conrad
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
24
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
25
Margaret Atwood
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
26
John Steinbeck
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
27
Douglas Adams
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
28
Jack Kerouac
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
29
Vladimir Nabokov
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
30
Kenneth Grahame
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
31
Salman Rushdie
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
32
Ian McEwan
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
33
George Eliot
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
34
Charles Dickens
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
35
L.M. Montgomery
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
36
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
37
Daphne Du Maurier
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
38
Leo Tolstoy
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
39
Dan Brown
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
40
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
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