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Old Books Everyone Should Read

There are some of the well-known and some of the less well-known in this list. Which of these have you read?
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Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
1
Lewis Carroll
Alice Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2
Lewis Carroll
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
3
Jane Austen
Fairy Tales Charles Perrault
Fairy Tales Charles Perrault
4
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
5
Thomas Hardy
Grimm's Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
6
The Brothers Grimm
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
7
Jonathan Swift
Kadambari by Banabhatta, Translated by Padmini Rajappa
Kadambari by Banabhatta, Translated by Padmini Rajappa
8
Lady Susan (Jane Austen)
Lady Susan
9
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
10
Jane Austen
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
11
Daniel Defoe
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
12
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
13
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
14
Jane Austen
Sanditon (Jane Austen)
Sanditon
15
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
16
Jane Austen
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
17
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
18
Alexandre Dumas
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
19
Dante Alighieri
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
20
Anonymous
The History of Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
The History of Tom Jones
21
Henry Fielding
The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Return of the King
22
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
23
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
24
Murasaki Shikibu
The Black Tulip (Alexandre Dumas)
The Black Tulip
25
Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
26
Alexandre Dumas
Twenty Years After (Alexandre Dumas)
Twenty Years After
27
Alexandre Dumas
The Prisoner of Zenda (Anthony Hope)
The Prisoner of Zenda
28
Anthony Hope
Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
Oroonoko
29
Aphra Behn
The Horse and His Boy (C. S. Lewis)
The Horse and His Boy
30
C. S. Lewis
Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
Prince Caspian
31
C.S. Lewis
The Last Battle (C.S. Lewis)
The Last Battle
32
C.S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
33
C.S. Lewis
The Magician's Nephew (C.S. Lewis)
The Magician's Nephew
34
C.S. Lewis
The Silver Chair (C.S. Lewis)
The Silver Chair
35
C.S. Lewis
Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
36
C.S. Lewis
Christmas Carol, the Chimes, & the Cricket on the Hearth (Charles Dickens)
Christmas Carol, the Chimes, & the Cricket on the Hearth
37
Charles Dickens
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
38
Chinua Achebe
Tales of the Ten Princes (Dandin)
Tales of the Ten Princes
39
Dandin
Journal of the Plague Year (Daniel Defoe)
Journal of the Plague Year
40
Daniel Defoe
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