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50 Excellent Books That Will Do More Than Entertain

50 Books I have read that were both excellently written and left me with a sense of having learnt something new, something different and something useful. I hope you find the same.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
3
Stephen Covey
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
4
Sun Tzu
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Atul Gawande)
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
5
Atul Gawande
Flares and Graces and Carnaby Street (Martha Bertrand)
Flares and Graces and Carnaby Street
6
Martha Bertrand
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
7
Anne Frank
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
8
J.D. Salinger
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
9
Charles Dickens
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
10
Miguel De Cervantes
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
11
John Green
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
12
Mario Puzo
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
13
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
14
F. Scott Fitzgerald
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
15
Arthur C. Clarke
The Elements of Eloquence (Mark Forsyth)
The Elements of Eloquence
16
Mark Forsyth
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
17
Joseph Heller
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
18
Victor Hugo
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
19
Mary Shelley
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
20
Steven Pinker
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
21
Leo Tolstoy
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
22
Gabriel García Márquez
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
23
Arundhati Roy
Porterhouse Blue (Tom Sharpe)
Porterhouse Blue
24
Tom Sharpe
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
25
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
26
Gustave Flaubert
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
27
Joan Didion
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
28
Khaled Hosseini
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
29
Sylvia Plath
Carry On, Jeeves (P. G. Wodehouse)
Carry On, Jeeves
30
P. G. Wodehouse
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
31
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Moonwalking With Einstein (Joshua Foer)
Moonwalking With Einstein
32
Joshua Foer
Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
Cider With Rosie
33
Laurie Lee
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
34
Wilkie Collins
Little Angels Don't Cry (Martha Bertrand)
Little Angels Don't Cry
35
Martha Bertrand
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
36
Charles Dickens
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
37
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
38
Douglas Adams
A Man Rides Through (Stephen R. Donaldson)
A Man Rides Through
39
Stephen R. Donaldson
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno (Dante)
40
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