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Penguin Books 100 Must-Read Books

Penguin Publishers list of their 100 Must-read books as voted for by their readers. Starting with Pride and Prejudice at number 1, working down to 100. Some surprises in there, and some I can't believe aren't on the list
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
4
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
5
Truman Capote
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
6
Jean Rhys
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
7
Aldous Huxley
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
8
Dodie Smith
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
9
Charlotte Bronte
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
10
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
11
Donna Tartt
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
12
Jack London
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
13
John Wyndham
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
14
Jane Austen
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
15
Herman Melville
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
16
C.S. Lewis
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
17
Virginia Woolf
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
18
Elizabeth Bowen
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
19
Thomas Hardy
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
20
Mary Shelley
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
21
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go-Between
22
L.P. Hartley
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
23
Ken Kesey
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
24
George Orwell
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
25
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
26
John Steinbeck
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
27
Toni Morrison
The Code of the Woosters (Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
28
Wodehouse
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
29
Bram Stoker
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
30
J.R.R. Tolkien
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
31
Mark Twain
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
32
Charles Dickens
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
33
Joseph Heller
Age of Innocence (Wharton, Edith)
Age of Innocence
34
Wharton, Edith
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
35
Chinua Achebe
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
36
George Eliot
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
37
Salman Rushdie
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
38
Homer
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
39
William Makepeace Thackeray
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
40
Evelyn Waugh
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