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Read Some Books! It'll Be Worth Your While!

A list of 50 books that I would recommend to get people to start reading. It can be hard to begin but these books are rewarding, with rich narratives, brilliant characters, and good life lessons!
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Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea
Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea
1
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
2
Donna Tartt
Earthsea Series
Earthsea Series
3
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
4
Arthur Golden
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
5
J.R.R. Tolkien
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
6
Zadie Smith
Atomised (Michel Houellebecq)
Atomised
7
Michel Houellebecq
Goodbye to All That (Robert Graves)
Goodbye to All That
8
Robert Graves
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
9
Pat Barker
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
10
Ottessa Moshfegh
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
11
Douglas Adams
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
12
John Wyndham
The Outsiders (S E Hinton)
The Outsiders
13
S E Hinton
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
14
Frank Herbert
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
15
Chinua Achebe
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
16
J. M. Coetzee
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
17
Ian McEwan
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
18
Jean Rhys
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
19
Charlotte Brontë
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
20
Jane Austen
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
21
William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
22
William Shakespeare
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
23
James Joyce
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
24
Thomas Hardy
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
25
Virginia Woolf
A Passage to India (E. M. Forster)
A Passage to India
26
E. M. Forster
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
27
Frederick Douglass
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
28
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
29
Angela Carter
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
30
Tennesee Williams
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
31
Toni Morrison
On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan)
On Chesil Beach
32
Ian McEwan
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
33
Kazuo Ishiguro
Umibe No Kafuka / Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Umibe No Kafuka / Kafka on the Shore
34
Haruki Murakami
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
35
George Orwell
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
36
Anthony Doerr
Northern Lights (Philip Pullman)
Northern Lights
37
Philip Pullman
The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Painted Veil
38
W. Somerset Maugham
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
39
Ken Kesey
Against Nature
Against Nature
40
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