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The Most Memorable Books Ever Written: A Selection - Page 2

150 of what I consider to be among the most memorable books of all time, many of which are personal favourites. Among the titles chosen here are classic works of fiction, poetry, drama and the odd bit of philosophy. Hope you enjoy!
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
41
Ken Kesey
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
42
Gabriel García Márquez
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
43
John Milton
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
44
A.S. Byatt
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
45
Kurt Vonnegut
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
46
Sylvia Plath
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
47
J.D. Salinger
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx)
The Communist Manifesto
48
Karl Marx
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
49
Arthur Miller
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
50
Richard Dawkins
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
51
Arundhati Roy
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
52
John Steinbeck
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
53
Margaret Atwood
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
54
Elizabeth Kostova
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
55
Victor Hugo
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
56
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
57
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
58
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
59
Ernest Hemingway
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
60
Oscar Wilde
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
61
Albert Camus
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
62
Barbara Kingsolver
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
63
Cormac McCarthy
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
64
Donna Tartt
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
65
William Faulkner
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
66
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
67
Albert Camus
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
68
Thomas Harris
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
69
Franz Kafka
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
70
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
71
Haruki Murakami
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
72
Chinua Achebe
Three Theban Plays (Sophocles)
Three Theban Plays
73
Sophocles
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
74
Friedrich Nietzsche
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
75
Samuel Beckett
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
76
Emily Brontë
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
77
Ernest Hemingway
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
78
Philip Roth
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
79
Thomas Hardy
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
80
Walt Whitman
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