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100 Books You Must Read Starter List

A starter 100 Books You Must Read list. Nothing that you won't find on a lot of lists, so you might as well kick things off with this list.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
3
Anne Frank
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
4
George Orwell
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
5
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
6
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
7
E.B. White
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
8
J.R.R. Tolkien
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
9
Louisa May Alcott
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
10
Ray Bradbury
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
11
Charlotte Bronte
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
12
Margaret Mitchell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
13
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
14
J.D. Salinger
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
15
Mark Twain
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
16
Kathryn Stockett
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
17
John Steinbeck
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
18
Markus Zusak
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
19
Khalid Hosseini
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
20
William Golding
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
21
Elie Wiesel
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
22
William Shakespeare
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
23
Madeleine L'engle
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
24
Charles Dickens
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
25
Douglas Adams
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
26
Charles Dickens
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
27
John Steinbeck
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
28
Aldous Huxley
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
29
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
30
William Shakespeare
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
31
Margaret Atwood
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Shel Silverstein)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
32
Shel Silverstein
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
33
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
34
L.M. Montgomery
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
35
Lois Lowry
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
36
Emily Brontë
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
37
William Shakespeare
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
38
Mark Twain
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
39
Alexandre Dumas
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
40
Anonymous
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