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100 Books Everyone Should Read in Their Lifetime

"If you want to fill your shelves with classic titles and tomes that will open your mind to many worlds of fancy, facts, and fiction, these 100 books are the place to start." -rd
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
2
Stephen Hawking
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
3
Dave Eggers
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
4
Ishmael Beah
The Bad Beginning (Lemony Snicket)
The Bad Beginning
5
Lemony Snicket
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
6
Madeleine L'engle
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories
7
Alice Munro
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
8
Lewis Carroll
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
9
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
10
Frank McCourt
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret.
11
Judy Blume
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
12
Ann Patchett
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
13
Toni Morrison
Born to Run (Christopher Mcdougall)
Born to Run
14
Christopher Mcdougall
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
15
Edwidge Danticat
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
16
Joseph Heller
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
17
Roald Dahl
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web
18
E. B. White
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
19
Abraham Verghese
Daring Greatly (Brene Brown)
Daring Greatly
20
Brene Brown
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
21
Jeff Kinney
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
22
Frank Herbert
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
23
Ray Bradbury
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
24
Hunter S. Thompson
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
25
Gillian Flynn
Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
Goodnight Moon
26
Margaret Wise Brown
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
27
Charles Dickens
Guns, Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel
28
Jared Diamond
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
29
J.K. Rowling
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
30
Truman Capote
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
31
Jhumpa Lahiri
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
32
Ralph Ellison
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (Chris Ware)
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
33
Chris Ware
Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential
34
Anthony Bourdain
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
35
Kate Atkinson
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie
36
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
37
Vladimir Nabokov
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
38
Gabriel García Marquez
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
39
Louise Erdrich
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor E. Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
40
Viktor E. Frankl
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