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Top 50 Books to Read Before You Die

I have definitely not read all of these. Maybe not even half of these. But I hope you've read some and enjoy this list.
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Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
1
JRR Tolkien
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
2
George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
4
John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
5
Harper Lee
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
6
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
7
Emily Bronte
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
8
E.M. Forster
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
9
William Golding
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
10
William Shakespeare
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
11
V.S. Naipaul
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
12
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
13
J.D. Salinger
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
14
Sylvia Plath
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
15
Aldous Huxley
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
16
Anne Frank
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
17
Miguel De Cervantes
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
18
Anonymous
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
19
Geoffrey Chaucer
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
20
James Joyce
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
21
Graham Greene
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
22
Sebastian Faulks
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
23
Martin Amis
Moby-Dick--Moby-Dick the Whale (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick--Moby-Dick the Whale
24
Herman Melville
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
25
Kenneth Grahame
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
26
Philip Pullman
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
27
Leo Tolstoy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
28
Lewis Carroll
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
29
Daphne Du Maurier
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
30
Mark Haddon
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
31
Jack Kerouac
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
32
Joseph Conrad
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
33
Anthony Trollope
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
34
Albert Camus
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
35
Alice Walker
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
36
Yann Martel
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
37
Mary Shelley
War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
War of the Worlds
38
H.G. Wells
Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story (Carlos Baker)
Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story
39
Carlos Baker
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels
40
Jonathan Swift
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