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Reader's Digest Top 21 Classic Books Everyone Should Read Once

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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
4
Louisa May Alcott
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
6
George Orwell
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
7
Mary Shelley
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
8
Alice Walker
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
9
Leo Tolstoy
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
10
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
11
Toni Morrison
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
12
Sylvia Plath
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
13
Arundhati Roy
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
14
Zora Neale Hurston
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
15
Chinua Achebe
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
16
Sandra Cisneros
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
17
Anne Frank
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
18
Amy Tan
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
19
Isabel Allende
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
20
James Baldwin
No-No Boy (John Okada)
No-No Boy
21
John Okada
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