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100 Must-Read Books

These are 100 books that i think you should read at least once in your life, these are mostly classics that are pretty much in every list sorry
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
Jane Austen
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
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Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
10
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
11
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
12
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
13
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
14
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
15
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
18
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
19
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
Homer
21
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
Homer
22
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
23
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
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Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
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Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
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A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
28
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
29
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
30
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne
32
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
Stephen King
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Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
Stephen King
34
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
35
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
J.R.R. Tolkien
36
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot
37
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
38
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
39
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
40
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
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