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The Best Books of All Time, Ranked

"The Best Books Of All Time, Ranked" by Emma Patterson (social.entrepreneur.com).
From the article: "The books you read in your high school English class are not necessarily the best novels ever written. What makes for great literature, anyway? Some could argue that all a book needs in order to be considered "great" is leather-bound packaging and microscopic print, but the truth is, you really can't judge a book by its cover. Instead, you have to judge it by what's written inside. Is the story meaningful, honest, and moving? Does it transport you to another time or place? When it comes to ranking the best novels ever written, we had to look for all of these things... Did your favorite make the cut?"
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The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
1
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
2
Markus Zusak
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
3
Harper Lee
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
4
Alice Walker
Papillon (Henry Charriere)
Papillon
5
Henry Charriere
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
6
Douglas Adams
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
7
Agatha Christie
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8
Ken Kesey
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
9
Victor Hugo
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
10
George Orwell
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
11
Donna Tartt
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
12
Arthur Golden
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
13
Charlotte Bronte
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
14
Margaret Atwood
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
15
Oscar Wilde
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
16
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
17
Leo Tolstoy
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
18
Bram Stoker
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
19
John Steinbeck
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
20
Joseph Heller
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
21
Aldous Huxley
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
22
Toni Morrison
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
23
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
24
Miguel De Cervantes
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
25
Vladimir Nabokov
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
26
Mark Twain
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
27
J.D. Salinger
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
28
Ernest Hemingway
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
29
Chinua Achebe
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
30
Herman Melville
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