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The Best Books to Read Before You Die

Here they are: the books that we can, hand-on-heart say that we really couldn't live without. Some we've come back to again and again (hello, Heathcliff) others are relatively new but have captivated us all the same.
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
1
Charlotte Bronte
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
3
Leo Tolstoy
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
4
Emily Brontë
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
5
Thomas Hardy
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
6
Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
7
Jane Austen
Beautiful Ruins (Jess Walter)
Beautiful Ruins
8
Jess Walter
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
9
Jonathan Franzen
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
10
Shirley Jackson
All the Birds, Singing (Evie Wyld)
All the Birds, Singing
11
Evie Wyld
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
12
Stephen King
Fat Is a Feminist Issue (Susie Orbach)
Fat Is a Feminist Issue
13
Susie Orbach
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
14
Patrick Suskind
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
15
Sylvia Plath
Alexander McQueen, Blood Beneath the Skin (Andrew Wilson)
Alexander McQueen, Blood Beneath the Skin
16
Andrew Wilson
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
17
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Millenium Trilogy (Stieg Larsson)
The Millenium Trilogy
18
Stieg Larsson
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
19
Truman Capote
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
20
Aldous Huxley
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
21
Patti Smith
One Day (David Nicholls)
One Day
22
David Nicholls
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
23
George Orwell
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
24
Gillian Flynn
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
25
Donna Tartt
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
26
Vladimir Nabokov
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
27
J.D. Salinger
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
28
Gabriel García Márquez
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
29
Anne Frank
Alias Grace (Atwood)
Alias Grace
30
Atwood
How to Be a Woman (Caitlin Moran)
How to Be a Woman
31
Caitlin Moran
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
32
Iris Murdoch
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
33
Daphne Du Maurier
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
34
Iain Banks
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
35
Jack Kerouac
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