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Greatest Books to Read Before You Die

An aspirational list over some of the"greatest" books to read. Poetry not included, that will be its own list.
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The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
1
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Years (Annie Ernaux)
The Years
2
Annie Ernaux
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
3
Joan Didion
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
4
Emily Brontë
The Wretched of the Earth (Frantz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
5
Frantz Fanon
The World of Yesterday (Stefan Zweig)
The World of Yesterday
6
Stefan Zweig
A Woman's Story (Annie Ernaux)
A Woman's Story
7
Annie Ernaux
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
8
Wilkie Collins
A Woman in Berlin (Anonymous)
A Woman in Berlin
9
Anonymous
The Woman Destroyed (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Woman Destroyed
10
Simone De Beauvoir
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
11
Hilary Mantel
A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin)
A Wizard of Earthsea
12
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Wild Duck (Henrik Ibsen)
The Wild Duck
13
Henrik Ibsen
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander
14
Janet Fitch
White Nights (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
White Nights
15
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
16
Jack London
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
17
Raymond Carver
The Wedding (Stanisław Wyspiański)
The Wedding
18
Stanisław Wyspiański
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
19
Shirley Jackson
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
20
Yevgeny Zamyatin
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
21
Virginia Woolf
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
22
Richard Adams
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
23
Alan Moore
War With the Newts (Karel Capek)
War With the Newts
24
Karel Capek
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
25
H. G. Wells
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
26
Leo Tolstoy
The War (Marguerite Duras)
The War
27
Marguerite Duras
Waiting for God (Simone Weil)
Waiting for God
28
Simone Weil
Waiting for the Fear (Oğuz Atay)
Waiting for the Fear
29
Oğuz Atay
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
30
Jeffrey Eugenides
Victoria (Knut Hamsun)
Victoria
31
Knut Hamsun
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
32
Han Kang
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
33
William Makepeace Thackeray
V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
V for Vendetta
34
Alan Moore
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
35
Milan Kundera
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (Sylvia Plath)
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
36
Sylvia Plath
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
37
James Joyce
The Twenty Days of Turin (Giorgio De Maria)
The Twenty Days of Turin
38
Giorgio De Maria
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
39
Henry James
The Trouble With Being Born (E.M. Cioran)
The Trouble With Being Born
40
E.M. Cioran
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