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100 Books to Read in a Lifetime - By Amazon Book Editors

This is a list of 100 books that everyone should have read in their lifetime, as composed by Amazon book editors.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
4
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
5
A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning: The Short-Lived
A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning: The Short-Lived
6
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
7
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
8
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
9
All the President's Men
All the President's Men
10
Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
12
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
13
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race The
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race The
15
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
17
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
18
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
19
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese
20
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We
21
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
22
Dune
Dune
23
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
24
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
25
Gone Girl
Gone Girl
26
Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon
27
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
29
Harry Potter
Harry Potter
30
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood
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"Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
"Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
32
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
33
The Smartest Kid on Earth (Jimmy Corrigan)
The Smartest Kid on Earth
Jimmy Corrigan
34
Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain
Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain
35
Life After Life
Life After Life
36
Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie
37
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
38
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera
39
Love Medicine
Love Medicine
40
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
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