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The 150 Must-Read Classic Books

This list contains 150 of the most famous classic books that everyone should read at least once in their lifetime.
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100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
3
Jules Verne
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
5
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
6
Mark Twain
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
7
Virgil
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
8
Paulo Coelho
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
9
Lewis Carroll
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
10
Henry James
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
11
Agatha Christie
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
12
George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
13
L.M. Montgomery
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
14
Leo Tolstoy
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
15
Jules Verne
The Art of War (Sun-Tzu)
The Art of War
16
Sun-Tzu
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
17
Kate Chopin
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
18
Sylvia Plath
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
19
Anonymous
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
20
Anna Sewell
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
21
Charles Dickens
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
22
Aldous Huxley
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
23
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Bulfinch's Mythology (Thomas Bulfinch)
Bulfinch's Mythology
24
Thomas Bulfinch
The Call of Cthulhu (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu
25
H. P. Lovecraft
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
26
Jack London
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
27
Geoffrey Chaucer
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
28
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
29
J.D. Salinger
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
30
Charles Dickens
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
31
Anthony Burgess
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
32
Alice Walker
Confessions (St. Augustine)
Confessions
33
St. Augustine
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
34
Alexandre Dumas
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
35
Fyodor Dostoevsky
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
36
Charles Dickens
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
37
Anne Frank
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
38
Dante Alighieri
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
39
Miguel De Cervantes
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
40
Bram Stoker
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