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105 Books of Pop Cultural Importance

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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
1
J.D. Salinger
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
2
Kurt Vonnegut
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
3
Alan Moore
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
4
George Orwell
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
5
Franz Kafka
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
6
William Golding
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
7
J.K. Rowling
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
8
George Orwell
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
9
Harper Lee
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
10
Anthony Burgess
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
11
Lewis Carroll
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
12
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
13
J.R.R. Tolkien
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
14
Ray Bradbury
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
15
Bret Easton Ellis
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
16
Vladimir Nabokov
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
17
Allen Ginsberg
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
18
John Kennedy Toole
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
19
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
20
Emily Bronte
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S.Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
21
C.S.Lewis
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
22
Haruki Murakami
Oblomov
Oblomov
23
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
24
John Steinbeck
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
25
Douglas Adams
The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
26
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
27
Dante Alighieri
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
28
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
29
H.G. Wells
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
30
J.G. Ballard
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
31
Agatha Christie
The Complete Poems of Arthur Rimbaud
The Complete Poems of Arthur Rimbaud
32
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
33
Evelyn Waugh
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
34
James Joyce
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
35
William Faulkner
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
36
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
37
Mark Twain
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
38
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice
39
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
40
Anne Rice
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