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The Greatest Novels Ever Written

In this list I've added all the books that I could think of that everyone has read at least once. For example, Jane Eyre, Eat Pray Love, Harry Potter and The Great Gatsby.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
3
J.D. Salinger
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
4
George Orwell
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
5
Charlotte Brontë
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
6
Jane Austen
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
7
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
The Harry Potter Series
8
J.K. Rowling
The Cronicles of Narnia
The Cronicles of Narnia
9
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
10
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
11
Leo Tolstoy
The Oddessy
The Oddessy
12
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
13
Herman Melville
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
14
William Shakespeare
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
15
Mark Twain
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
16
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
17
Emily Brontë
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
18
Vladimir Nabokov
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
19
Lewis Carroll
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
20
Virginia Woolf
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
21
Charles Dickens
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
22
John Steinbeck
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
23
Charles Dickens
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
24
Virginia Woolf
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
25
Toni Morrison
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
26
Jane Austen
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
27
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
28
George Orwell
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
29
William Golding
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
30
Charles Dickens
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
31
Lewis Carroll
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
32
J.R.R. Tolkien
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
33
Joseph Heller
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
34
John Steinbeck
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
35
Alexandre Dumas
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
36
Bram Stoker
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
37
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
38
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
39
Mark Twain
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
40
Markus Zusak
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