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100 Books to Read - A Lifetime Reading List

An eclectic collection of fiction and non fiction to read over a lifetime. A mix of classic literature, modern fiction and history.
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1776 (David McCullough)
1776
1
David McCullough
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
3
Ron Chernow
An Army at Dawn (Rick Atkinson)
An Army at Dawn
4
Rick Atkinson
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
5
Truman Capote
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
6
Evelyn Waugh
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sh
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sh
7
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
8
Joseph Heller
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
9
David Mitchell
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
10
Orson Scott Card
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (P.W. Singer)
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War
11
P.W. Singer
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
12
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
13
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
14
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half-Blood Blues
Half-Blood Blues
15
Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
16
Mark Twain
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
17
Jack Maggs (Peter Carey)
Jack Maggs
18
Peter Carey
Johnathon Strange and Mr. Norrell
Johnathon Strange and Mr. Norrell
19
The Last Lion Triology (William Manchester)
The Last Lion Triology
20
William Manchester
Less (Andrew Sean Greer)
Less
21
Andrew Sean Greer
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
22
Alan Hollinghurst
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
23
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
24
J.R.R. Tolkien
Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
Master of the Senate
25
Robert A. Caro
Moon Tiger (Penelope Lively)
Moon Tiger
26
Penelope Lively
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
27
Norman Mailer
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
28
Kazuo Ishiguro
Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
Neverwhere
29
Neil Gaiman
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
30
Colson Whitehead
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
31
Peter Carey
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
32
Min Jin Lee
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power
33
Robert A. Caro
The Power Broker
The Power Broker
34
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
35
Evelyn Waugh
The Siege of Krishnapur (J.G. Farrell)
The Siege of Krishnapur
36
J.G. Farrell
The Singapore Grip (J.G. Farrell)
The Singapore Grip
37
J.G. Farrell
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
38
Viet Thanh Nguyen
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
39
Peter Carey
Truman (David McCullough)
Truman
40
David McCullough
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