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Reddit's 35 Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once in Their Lifetime

Reddit users were asked what is a book that everyone needs to read at least once in their life and here are the top 35 books based on Reddit responses.
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M Pirsig
2
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
Richard Adams
3
The Last Lecture (Randy Pausch)
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch
4
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
5
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
6
Joe Haldeman: The Forever War
Joe Haldeman: The Forever War
7
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
Carl Sagan
8
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
Herman Melville
9
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
Art Spiegelman
10
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
11
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
12
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
13
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
14
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
15
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
16
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
17
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
18
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
19
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
20
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
Frank Herbert
21
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
22
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
23
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
24
The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein
25
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
26
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
27
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
28
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
29
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick
30
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
31
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
32
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
33
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
34
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
35
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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