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Top 50 Essential Books

There are the books you read, and then there are the books that change your life.
We can all look back on the books that have shaped our perspective on politics, religion, money, and love.
Some will even become a source of inspiration for the rest of your life.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
3
Herman Melville
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
4
J.D. Salinger
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
5
Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
6
George Orwell
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
7
Bram Stoker
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
8
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
9
Charles Dickens
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
10
Yann Martel
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
11
Franz Kafka
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
12
Chuck Palahniuk
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
13
Anne Frank
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
14
Kurt Vonnegut
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
15
Albert Camus
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
16
Edgar Allan Poe
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
17
Stephen King
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
18
Anthony Burgess
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
19
Ken Kesey
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
20
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
21
Markus Zusak
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
22
William Golding
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
23
Oscar Wilde
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
24
Paulo Coelho
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
25
Aldous Huxley
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
26
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
27
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
28
Vladimir Nabokov
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
29
Ken Follett
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
30
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
31
Hermann Hesse
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
32
Jack Kerouac
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
33
Ernest Hemingway
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
34
Agatha Christie
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
35
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
36
Ernest Hemingway
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
37
Haruki Murakami
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
38
Philip K. Dick
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
39
Neil Gaiman
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
40
Cormac McCarthy
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