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Top 40 Greatest Books Ever

The Top 40 Greatest Books of All-Time based on combining nearly 200 lists, sales, book charts, ratings/reviews, & book awards. Presented in chronological order
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
1
Homer
Holy Bible King James Version
Holy Bible King James Version
2
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
3
Miguel De Cervantes
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
4
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
5
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
6
Emily Bronte
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
7
Herman Melville
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
8
Charles Dickens
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
9
Lewis Carroll
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
10
Fyodor Dostoevsky
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
11
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
12
Leo Tolstoy
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
13
Mark Twain
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
14
Joseph Conrad
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
15
James Joyce
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
16
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
17
Ernest Hemingway
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
18
William Faulkner
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
19
Aldous Huxley
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
20
Margaret Mitchell
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
21
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
22
John Steinbeck
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
23
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
24
George Orwell
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
25
Anne Frank
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
26
George Orwell
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
27
C.S. Lewis
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
28
J.D. Salinger
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web
29
E. B. White
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
30
William Golding
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
31
Vladimir Nabokov
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
32
J.R.R. Tolkien
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
33
Jack Kerouac
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
34
Harper Lee
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
35
Joseph Heller
Quotations From Chairman Mao
Quotations From Chairman Mao
36
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
37
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
38
Kurt Vonnegut
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
39
Toni Morrison
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
40
J. K. Rowling
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