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Goodreads 2020 Update: Books You Need to Read to Be Considered Well-Read - Page 3

"Contemporary or classic novels, plays, poem and short story anthologies, that any serious reader should read at least once in his or her life." (Goodreads)
This challenge is perhaps a tad less "anglocentric" than the "BBC's 100 Best Books" challenge posted a few hours ago. But it might be interesting to compare this user-voted list vs that from an authoritative source like the BBC.
This is the state of the list in July 2020. Some duplicates have been removed.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
81
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
82
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
83
Kenneth Grahame
Winnie-The-Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
84
A.A. Milne
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
85
Sylvia Plath
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
86
Anne Frank
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
87
Rudyard Kipling
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
88
Anonymous
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
89
Lorraine Hansberry
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
90
Madeleine L'engle
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
91
Frances Hodgson Burnett
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
92
Maya Angelou
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
93
Truman Capote
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
94
Kate Chopin
The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)
The Velveteen Rabbit
95
Margery Williams
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
96
Pearl S. Buck
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
97
James Joyce
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
98
J.M. Barrie
The Complete Tales and Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems
99
Edgar Allan Poe
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
100
Ayn Rand
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
101
Christopher Marlowe
Les Fleurs Du Mal (Charles Baudelaire)
Les Fleurs Du Mal
102
Charles Baudelaire
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
103
Arthur Conan Doyle
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
104
Tom Stoppard
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
105
Gaston Leroux
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
106
Anna Sewell
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
107
Victor Hugo
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
108
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
109
Virgil
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
110
Agatha Christie
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
111
John Steinbeck
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
112
Alexandre Dumas
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
113
George Eliot
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
114
William Faulkner
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
115
Richard Adams
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
116
Lois Lowry
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
117
John Irving
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
118
Beatrix Potter
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
119
Khaled Hosseini
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler
120
Henrik Ibsen
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