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The 214 Books You Must Read

Based on the most popular books on list challenges and rankings, this collection of 214 titles is, in my personal opinion, a guide to become well read.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
2
Joseph Heller
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
3
J. K. Rowling
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
4
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
6
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
7
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
8
C.S. Lewis
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
9
Charlotte Brontë
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
10
Jane Austen
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
11
William Golding
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
12
Aldous Huxley
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
13
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
14
Herman Melville
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
15
J.R.R. Tolkien
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
16
Jack Kerouac
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
17
Leo Tolstoy
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
18
Vladimir Nabokov
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
19
Charles Dickens
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
20
Douglas Adams
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
21
Emily Bronte
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
22
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
23
James Joyce
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
24
Margaret Mitchell
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
25
Mary Shelley
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
26
Sylvia Plath
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
27
Alexandre Dumas
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
28
Charles Dickens
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
29
John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
30
John Steinbeck
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
31
Khaled Hosseini
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
32
Leo Tolstoy
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
33
Louisa May Alcott
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
34
Anthony Burgess
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
35
George Orwell
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
36
Kurt Vonnegut
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
37
Lewis Carroll
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
38
Nathaniel Hawthorne
His Dark Materials Trilogy (Phillip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Trilogy
39
Phillip Pullman
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
40
Ray Bradbury
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