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37 Best Books of All Time You Must Read (Barnes & Noble)

"37 Best Books of All Time You Must Read"
By BN Editors / February 26, 2022
From the BN Editors: "In life, there are things you could do, things you should do, and things you must do. These same categories apply to the choice of book you read next. You could read any number of books, for reasons ranging from guilty pleasure to the fact that your book club meets in two days. You should probably read any number of classic novels that will expand your literary palate or teach you a thing or two. And then, there are the books you must read, best books of all time we daresay, no matter who you are. There are a lot of reasons books becomes must-reads, and it's not necessarily just their literary quality. This list of 37 books to read have much to offer anyone who picks them up."
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Love in a Time of Cholera
Love in a Time of Cholera
1
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
2
Patricia Highsmith
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (E. L. Koningsburg)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
3
E. L. Koningsburg
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
4
Daphne Du Maurier
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
5
Louis Sachar
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
6
Ian McEwan
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
7
Octavia E. Butler
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
8
Joan Didion
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
9
Shirley Jackson
The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
The Westing Game
10
Ellen Raskin
Address Unknown (Kressmann Taylor)
Address Unknown
11
Kressmann Taylor
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 (Christopher Paul Curtis)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
12
Christopher Paul Curtis
The Hustler (Walter Tevis)
The Hustler
13
Walter Tevis
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
14
John Le Carré
Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Howl's Moving Castle
15
Diana Wynne Jones
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
16
Toni Morrison
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
17
Arundhati Roy
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
18
Sylvia Plath
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
19
Yann Martel
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
20
Chinua Achebe
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
21
Alice Walker
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
22
Maya Angelou
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
23
Zora Neale Hurston
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
24
George Orwell
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
25
Markus Zusak
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
26
Khalid Hosseini
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
27
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
28
Charlotte Brontë
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
29
Alan Moore
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
30
William Golding
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
31
Mary Shelley
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
32
Douglas Adams
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
33
Kurt Vonnegut
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
34
James Baldwin
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
35
Jane Austen
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