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Goodreads' The Best Books Ever

The top 400 best books according to the good people at the Goodreads website. I have tried to remove any doubles.
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The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
1
Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2
J.K. Rowling
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
3
Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
4
Jane Austen
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
5
Stephenie Meyer
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
6
C.S. Lewis
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
7
Markus Zusak
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
8
George Orwell
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
9
Margaret Mitchell
The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
The Giving Tree
10
Shel Silverstein
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
11
Douglas Adams
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
12
John Green
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
13
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
14
J.R.R.Tolkien
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
15
Emily Brontë
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
16
Dan Brown
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
17
Arthur Golden
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
18
Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
19
Lewis Carroll
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
20
Victor Hugo
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
21
William Shakespeare
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
22
Veronica Roth
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
23
Oscar Wilde
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
24
William Golding
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
25
Paulo Coelho
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
26
Charlotte Bronte
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
27
Orson Scott Card
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
28
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
29
Audrey Niffenegger
City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)
City of Bones
30
Cassandra Clare
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
31
E.B. White
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
32
L.M. Montgomery
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
33
Kathryn Stockett
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
34
Stephen Chbosky
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
35
John Steinbeck
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
36
Bram Stoker
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
37
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
38
Aldous Huxley
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
39
William Goldman
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
40
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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