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The Independent (UK) : Forty Books to Read Before You Die

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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (Sue Townsend)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4
2
Sue Townsend
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
3
Roald Dahl
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
4
Chinua Achebe
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
5
George Orwell
Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
6
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
7
Charles Dickens
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
8
Harper Lee
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
9
Hilary Mantel
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
10
Raymond Chandler
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
11
Mary Shelley
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
12
Emily Brontë
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
13
William Golding
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
14
William Makepeace Thackeray
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
15
Salman Rushdie
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
16
Vladimir Nabokov
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
17
Charlotte Bronte
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
18
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
19
Toni Morrison
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
20
Frank Herbert
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
21
P.G. Wodehouse
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
22
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
23
Anthony Burgess
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
24
Thomas Hardy
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick.)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
25
Philip K. Dick.
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
26
Arundhati Roy
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
27
Donna Tartt
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
28
Joseph Conrad
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
29
Bram Stoker
Waugh, Evelyn: Brideshead Revisited
Waugh, Evelyn: Brideshead Revisited
30
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
31
George Eliot
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
32
Sylvia Plath
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
33
J.D. Salinger
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
34
Leo Tolstoy
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
35
Joseph Heller
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
36
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
37
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
38
Franz Kafka
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
39
Stella Gibbons
The Leopard (1957)
The Leopard
40
1957
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