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Shortform's 100 Best Works of Literature of All Time

Shortform researched and ranked the best literature books in the world, based on recommendations from world experts, sales data, and millions of reader ratings. My own personal touch was just trying to find interesting and different covers from the usual. Enjoy.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
3
George Orwell
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
4
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
6
Jane Austen
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
7
Aldous Huxley
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
8
William Golding
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
9
Charlotte Bronte
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
10
Fyodor Dostoevsky
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
11
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
12
Paulo Coelho
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
13
Leo Tolstoy
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
14
Mary Shelley
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
15
Margaret Atwood
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
16
Ernest Hemingway
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
17
John Steinbeck
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
18
Leo Tolstoy
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
19
Vladimir Nabokov
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
20
Mark Twain
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
21
Oscar Wilde
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
22
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
23
Emily Brontë
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
24
John Steinbeck
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
25
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
26
Homer
Slaughterhouse 5 (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse 5
27
Kurt Vonnegut
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
28
Albert Camus
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
29
Charles Dickens
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
30
Joseph Heller
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
31
Ray Bradbury
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
32
John Steinbeck
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
33
Alexandre Dumas
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
34
Charles Dickens
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
35
Louisa May Alcott
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
36
Herman Melville
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
37
Bram Stoker
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
38
William Shakespeare
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
39
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing
40
Delia Owens
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