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100 Books That Everyone Should Read at Least Once in Their Life

It is my own, personal list, based on most important and influential books throughout history. There are books of each genre and most of them you may have probably heard of. Let's see how many of these special books have you already read!
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
3
Charlotte Bronte
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
4
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
5
Emily Brontë
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
6
Markus Zusak
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
7
George Orwell
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
8
Franz Kafka
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
9
Mikhail Bulgakov
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
10
Vladimir Nabokov
The Doll (Bolesław Prus)
The Doll
11
Bolesław Prus
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
12
Daphne Du Maurier
"Murder on the Orient Express"
"Murder on the Orient Express"
13
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
14
Leo Tolstoy
*One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez/COLOMBIA)
*One Hundred Years of Solitude
15
Gabriel Garcia Marquez/COLOMBIA
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
16
J.D. Salinger
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
17
Lewis Carroll
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
18
Donna Tartt
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
19
Virginia Woolf
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
20
Alexandre Dumas
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
21
J. K. Rowling
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
22
Louisa May Alcott
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
23
Neil Gaiman
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
24
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
25
Margaret Mitchell
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
26
Sylvia Plath
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
27
Truman Capote
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
28
Ernest Hemingway
Road (Cormac McCarthy)
Road
29
Cormac McCarthy
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
30
Harper Lee
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
31
Margaret Atwood
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
32
Joseph Heller
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
33
John Steinbeck
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
34
John Steinbeck
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
35
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
36
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
37
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
38
Gustave Flaubert
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
39
Kurt Vonnegut
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
40
Arthur Golden
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