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Steve Donoghue's Top 100 Greatest Books of All Time

The 100 Greatest Books of All Time by 28 year old book critic and booktuber Steve Donoghue.
List is in reverse order, although only number 1 is ranked.
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
1
Joseph Conrad
The Last of the Just (Andre Schwarz-Bart)
The Last of the Just
2
Andre Schwarz-Bart
Eichmann in Jerusalem (Hannah Arendt)
Eichmann in Jerusalem
3
Hannah Arendt
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
4
Nathaniel Hawthorne
History of the Conquest of Mexico (William Prescott)
History of the Conquest of Mexico
5
William Prescott
The Water Margin (Shi Naians)
The Water Margin
6
Shi Naians
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
7
Émile Zola
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
8
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Annals of Imperial Rome (Tacitus)
The Annals of Imperial Rome
9
Tacitus
The Poetic Edda (Anonymous)
The Poetic Edda
10
Anonymous
The Life of Samuel Johnson (James Boswell)
The Life of Samuel Johnson
11
James Boswell
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
12
John Milton
On the Nature of Things
On the Nature of Things
13
The History of the Peloponnesian War
The History of the Peloponnesian War
14
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
15
T.H. White
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
16
Walt Whitman
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Rebecca West)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
17
Rebecca West
The Prince (Nicolo Machiavelli)
The Prince
18
Nicolo Machiavelli
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
19
Charles Darwin
The Demons (Von Dodorer)
The Demons
20
Von Dodorer
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
21
Giovanni Boccaccio
Lyrical Ballads (William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Lyrical Ballads
22
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The First Folio (William Shakespeare)
The First Folio
23
William Shakespeare
The Consolation of Philosophy (Boethius)
The Consolation of Philosophy
24
Boethius
Orlando Furioso (Ludovico Ariosto)
Orlando Furioso
25
Ludovico Ariosto
The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)
The Velveteen Rabbit
26
Margery Williams
Confessions (St. Augustine)
Confessions
27
St. Augustine
Ring of Bright Water (Gavin Maxwell)
Ring of Bright Water
28
Gavin Maxwell
The Story of the Stone (Cao Xueqin)
The Story of the Stone
29
Cao Xueqin
Roughing It (Mark Twain)
Roughing It
30
Mark Twain
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
31
Anthony Trollope
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
32
Mary Wollstonecraft
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
33
Voltaire
The History of the Kings of Britain (Penguin Classics)
The History of the Kings of Britain
34
Penguin Classics
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
35
Plato
Animal Liberation
Animal Liberation
36
The Secret History (Procopius)
The Secret History
37
Procopius
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Carl Sagan)
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
38
Carl Sagan
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
39
Sophocles
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
40
Mark Twain
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