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100 Novels by 40

Top 100 Classic novels to read by the age 40 to be considered well read by most people. How many have you read?
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
2
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
3
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
4
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
Aesop
5
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
Anne Brontë
6
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
7
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
8
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
9
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
10
Belinda (Maria Edgeworth)
Belinda
Maria Edgeworth
11
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
12
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
13
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
14
Camilla (Fanny Burney)
Camilla
Fanny Burney
15
Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
16
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
17
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
18
Cecilia
Cecilia
19
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
20
The Children of the New Forest (Captain Marryat)
The Children of the New Forest
Captain Marryat
21
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
22
The Confidence-Man (Herman Melville)
The Confidence-Man
Herman Melville
23
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
24
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
25
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
Arthur Miller
26
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
27
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
28
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
29
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
Edgar Allan Poe
30
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
Jane Austen
31
Evelina
Evelina
32
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
33
Father Brown: The Essential Tales (G.K. Chesterton)
Father Brown: The Essential Tales
G.K. Chesterton
34
Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien
35
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
36
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
37
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry
38
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
Lois Lowry
39
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
40
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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