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The Greatest Books of All Time

Here's a classic list of all the books everyone should read before they die! A mandatory guide towards understanding humanity.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
2
Virgil
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
3
Aesop
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
4
Edith Wharton
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
5
Albert Camus
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
6
Paulo Coelho
Alice Munro: Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
7
Alice Munro
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
8
Lewis Carroll
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
9
Robert Penn Warren
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
10
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
11
Erich Maria Remarque
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
12
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
13
Agatha Christie
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
14
George Orwell
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
15
Anne Frank
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
16
Leo Tolstoy
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights
17
Anonymous
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
18
Judy Blume
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
19
Jules Verne
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Alex Haley and Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
20
Alex Haley and Malcolm X
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
21
Kate Chopin
The Axion Esti
The Axion Esti
22
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
23
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
24
Sylvia Plath
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
25
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
26
V.S. Naipaul
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
27
Anonymous
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
28
Sebastian Faulks
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
29
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race The
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race The
30
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
31
Aldous Huxley
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
32
Edwidge Danticat
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
33
Stephen Hawking
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
34
Junot Díaz
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
35
Geoffrey Chaucer
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
36
Joseph Heller
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
37
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
38
J.D. Salinger
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
39
Roald Dahl
Charlotte's Web - EB White (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web - EB White
40
E.B. White
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