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100 Books You Should Read Before You Die

Ultimate reading culture test. Some classics, and some important works of literature. How many have you read?
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
4
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
5
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
8
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
9
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
10
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
11
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
12
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
13
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
14
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
15
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
16
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
Patrick Suskind
17
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
18
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
19
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
20
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
21
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
22
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
23
The Last Day of a Condemned Man (Victor Hugo)
The Last Day of a Condemned Man
Victor Hugo
24
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
Albert Camus
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The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah
26
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
27
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
Paul Auster
28
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
Stephen King
29
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J.K. Rowling
30
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
31
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Francois Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
Francois Rabelais
32
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jules Verne
33
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams
34
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
35
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
Jorge Luis Borges
36
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
Don Delillo
37
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
38
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf
39
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
Tr. Seamus Heaney
40
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
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