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The Ultimate List of Iconic Books

This is the ultimate list of 1001 iconic books: novels, nonfiction, poetry, philosophy, plays, graphic novels, children's books, epics and sagas, new and old. I don't endorse the views of all these writers but I added them because I think they are ICONIC. They are influential, impacted culture and society, and have stood the test of time or are instant classics.
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Jonas Jonasson)
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
1
Jonas Jonasson
11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
2
Stephen King
The 1619 Project (Nikole Hannah-Jones)
The 1619 Project
3
Nikole Hannah-Jones
1776 (David McCullough)
1776
4
David McCullough
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
5
George Orwell
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
6
Haruki Murakami
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
7
Arthur C. Clarke
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
8
Roberto Bolano
The 48 Laws of Power (Robert Greene)
The 48 Laws of Power
9
Robert Greene
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
10
Stephen Covey
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
11
William Faulkner
Adventures in the Screen Trade (William Goldman)
Adventures in the Screen Trade
12
William Goldman
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
13
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
The Adventures of Pinocchio
14
Carlo Collodi
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
15
Mark Twain
The Aenied (Virgil)
The Aenied
16
Virgil
Against All Enemies (Richard Clarke)
Against All Enemies
17
Richard Clarke
The Age of Miracles (Karen Thompson Walker)
The Age of Miracles
18
Karen Thompson Walker
The Age of Reason (Thomas Paine)
The Age of Reason
19
Thomas Paine
Agent Zigzag (Ben Macintyre)
Agent Zigzag
20
Ben Macintyre
Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo)
Akira
21
Katsuhiro Otomo
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
22
Paulo Coelho
The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph and Other Stories
23
Jorge Luis Borges
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Judith Viorst)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
24
Judith Viorst
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
25
Ron Chernow
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
26
Lewis Carroll
The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
27
Caleb Carr
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
28
Anthony Doerr
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
29
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
30
Cormac McCarthy
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
31
Erich Maria Remarque
Along Came a Spider (James Patterson)
Along Came a Spider
32
James Patterson
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
33
Michael Chabon
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Jon Meacham)
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
34
Jon Meacham
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
35
Philip Roth
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird)
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
36
Kai Bird
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
37
Bret Easton Ellis
American Sniper (Chris Kyle With Scott McEwen and Jim Defelice)
American Sniper
38
Chris Kyle With Scott McEwen and Jim Defelice
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
39
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
The Amityville Horror
40
Jay Anson
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