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Books to Read to Be Considered Well Read

Contemporary or classic novels, plays, poem and short story anthologies, that any serious reader should read at least once in his or her life.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
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MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
William Shakespeare
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A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
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Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
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A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
Homer
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The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
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Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
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The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
Sophocles
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
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Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Tom Stoppard
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