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Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books by Harvard Book Store

In early 2010 Harvard Book Store employees worked together to come up with a list of our favorite books. Each staff member submitted a list of their favorite books of all time, in (rough) order of preference. Their selections were then weighted according to the order and the results were tabulated. It was by no means a perfect system, but it was the best way we could think of to quantify opinions that are in no way quantifiable. Now, we read a lot, so it was hard to narrow it down. What we came up with are the books that moved us, that changed the way we think about the world, and that we will happily read over and over again. We hope you enjoy them too.
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
1
Charlotte Bronte
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
The Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Breakfast of Champions
3
Kurt Vonnegut
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
4
Gabriel García Marquez
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
5
Haruki Murakami
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
6
Virginia Woolf
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
7
Vladimir Nabokov
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
8
J.R.R. Tolkien
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
9
Ralph Ellison
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
10
Toni Morrison
Collected Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Collected Fictions
11
Jorge Luis Borges
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
12
Dante Alighieri
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
13
Margaret Atwood
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
14
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
15
Virginia Woolf
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
16
Mikhail Bulgakov
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
17
Lewis Carroll
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
18
George Eliot
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
19
Madeleine L'engle
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
20
John Irving
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
21
Joan Didion
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
22
Italo Calvino
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
23
Harper Lee
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
24
Charles Dickens
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
25
J. K. Rowling
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
26
Leo Tolstoy
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
27
James Joyce
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
28
Salman Rushdie
Sea of Poppies (Amitav Ghosh)
Sea of Poppies
29
Amitav Ghosh
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
30
Don Delillo
Mountains Beyond Mountains (Tracey Kidder)
Mountains Beyond Mountains
31
Tracey Kidder
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
32
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
33
Joseph Heller
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
34
Philip Pullman
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
35
Carson McCullers
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
36
Louisa May Alcott
A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin)
A Wizard of Earthsea
37
Ursula K. Le Guin
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
38
Ernest Hemingway
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
39
Kurt Vonnegut
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adam)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
40
Douglas Adam
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