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Penguin Classics 100 Best Books Ever Written - Page 2

Penguin Classic’s list of “100 Classic Books You Must Read Before You Die."
1-5 Best Crazies
6-10 Best Sex
11-15 Best Villains
16-20 Best Lovers
21-25 Best Heroes
26-30 Best Tearjerkers
31-35 Best Spine-Tinglers
36-40 Best Minxes
41-45 Best Journeys
46-50 Best Decadence
51-55 Best Rebels
56-60 Best Sci-Fi
61-65 Best Violence
66-70 Best Highs
71-75 Best Subversion
76-80 Best Crimes
81-85 Best Adultery
86-90 Best Debauchery
91-95 Best Action
96-100 Best Laughs
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
41
Jack Kerouac
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
42
Homer
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
43
John Steinbeck
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
Three Men in a Boat
44
Jerome K. Jerome
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
45
Lewis Carroll
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
46
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Vile Bodies (Evelyn Waugh)
Vile Bodies
47
Evelyn Waugh
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
48
Oscar Wilde
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
49
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Against Nature
Against Nature
50
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Alex Haley and Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
51
Alex Haley and Malcolm X
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
52
Albert Camus
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
53
George Orwell
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
54
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
55
Victor Hugo
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
56
H.G. Wells
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
57
Philip K. Dick
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
58
H.G. Wells
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
59
John Wyndham
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
60
Yevgeny Zamyatin
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
61
Anthony Burgess
Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels
62
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
63
Charles Dickens
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
64
James Baldwin
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
65
Truman Capote
Junkie (William S. Burroughs)
Junkie
66
William S. Burroughs
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
67
Wilkie Collins
Confessions of an Opium Eater
Confessions of an Opium Eater
68
The Subterraneans (Jack Kerouac)
The Subterraneans
69
Jack Kerouac
Monsieur Monde Vanishes (George Simenon)
Monsieur Monde Vanishes
70
George Simenon
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
71
George Orwell
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Edward Abbey)
The Monkey Wrench Gang
72
Edward Abbey
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
73
Niccolò Machiavelli
Bound for Glory (Woody Guthrie)
Bound for Glory
74
Woody Guthrie
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
75
Arthur Miller
Maigret and the Ghost (Georges Simenon)
Maigret and the Ghost
76
Georges Simenon
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
77
Wilkie Collins
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
78
Raymond Chandler
A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
79
Arthur Conan Doyle
The 39 Steps (John Buchan)
The 39 Steps
80
John Buchan
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