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The Definitive Book List

This is a list based mainly on my last 12 months reading. I wanted to read a broad spectrum of rated books to widen my interests and spark my interest in literature.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
4
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut
5
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
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Swann's Way (France)
Swann's Way (France)
7
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
8
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
9
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
10
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
11
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
12
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
13
The Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
The Life of Pi
Yann Martel
14
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
Iris Murdoch
15
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
16
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
17
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
18
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
19
Under the Net (Iris Murdoch)
Under the Net
Iris Murdoch
20
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
21
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
23
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
24
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
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The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning
The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning
26
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
27
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
28
The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
The Stone Diaries
Carol Shields
29
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
30
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
31
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
Ayn Rand
32
The Rights of Man
The Rights of Man
33
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
34
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis
35
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks
36
The Sonnets (Ted Berrigan)
The Sonnets
Ted Berrigan
37
The Gormenghast Trilogy
The Gormenghast Trilogy
38
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
39
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
40
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
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