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40 Must Read Books in Life

Reading books allows us to learn and access knowledge in a way that no other medium can provide. These books will play a significant role in your life just like it did in mine.
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The Knight in the Panther's Skin (Shota Rustaveli)
The Knight in the Panther's Skin
Shota Rustaveli
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
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Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
4
The Headless Horseman (Mayne Reid)
The Headless Horseman
Mayne Reid
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The Right Hand of the Grand Master (Konstantine Gamsakhurdia)
The Right Hand of the Grand Master
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia
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The Inferno
The Inferno
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The Portrait of Dorian Gray
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
8
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
9
Rashomon (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
10
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
12
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
13
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
14
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
16
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
17
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
18
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
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Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
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The Illiad
The Illiad
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
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The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis
28
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
29
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita
30
Wonder
Wonder
31
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
32
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
33
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
34
The Little Prince
The Little Prince
35
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
36
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
37
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
38
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
39
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
40
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
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