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The Independent's 42 Favourite Reads

42 best books to read before you die according to The Independent newspaper. Tick the ones you've read! Enjoy :)
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The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
1
Kenneth Grahame
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
2
Ernest Hemingway
Naïve. Super. (Erlend Loe)
Naïve. Super.
3
Erlend Loe
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
4
Khaled Hosseini
All Who Go Do Not Return (Deen)
All Who Go Do Not Return
5
Deen
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
6
Vladimir Nabokov
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
7
Louis De Bernieres
The Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
The Art of Fielding
8
Chad Harbach
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
9
Lewis Carroll
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream
10
Hubert Selby Jr.
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
11
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
12
William Makepeace Thackeray
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
13
David Foster Wallace
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
14
J.R.R. Tolkien
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
15
Harper Lee
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
16
Oscar Wilde
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
17
Alice Walker
Lake Wobegon Days
Lake Wobegon Days
18
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
19
Joseph Heller
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
20
George Eliot
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
21
Doris Lessing
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
22
Edith Wharton
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
23
Stephen King
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
24
Kathryn Stockett
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
25
Kahlil Gibran
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
26
Cormac McCarthy
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
27
Daphne Du Maurier
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
28
Toni Morrison
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
29
Ernest Hemingway
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
30
J.D. Salinger
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
31
D.H. Lawrence
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
32
Haruki Murakami
Miss Wyoming (Douglas Coupland)
Miss Wyoming
33
Douglas Coupland
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
34
Jack Kerouac
Simarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Simarillion
35
J.R.R. Tolkien
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
36
Jane Austen
The Beach (Alex Garland)
The Beach
37
Alex Garland
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
38
Jeffrey Eugenides
Bobby Brewster Books (H E Todd)
Bobby Brewster Books
39
H E Todd
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
40
John Steinbeck
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