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30 Books Every Adult Should Read

This list is the result of a World Book Day poll conducted by the Museum, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), in which librarians around Britain were asked the question, "Which book should every adult read before they die?"
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
2
Anonymous
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
3
J.R.R.Tolkien
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
4
George Orwell
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
5
Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
6
Charlotte Brontë
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
7
Jane Austen
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
8
Erich Maria Remarque
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
9
Sebastian Faulks
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
10
John Steinbeck
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
11
Mark Haddon
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
12
Thomas Hardy
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
13
A. A. Milne
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
14
Emily Brontë
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
15
Kenneth Grahame
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
16
Margaret Mitchell
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
17
Charles Dickens
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
18
Audrey Niffenegger
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
19
Alice Sebold
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
20
Kahlil Gibran
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
21
Charles Dickens
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
22
Paulo Coelho
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
23
Mikhail Bulgakov
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
24
Yann Martel
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
25
George Eliot
Kingsolver, Barbara: The Poisonwood Bible
Kingsolver, Barbara: The Poisonwood Bible
26
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
27
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
28
William Golding
His Dark Materials Trilogy
His Dark Materials Trilogy
29
A Clockwork Oragne
A Clockwork Oragne
30
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