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50 Must Read Books

these are 49 books you should definitly read, the 50th should be the one you want to add to this list
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
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The Big Nowhere
The Big Nowhere
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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What Maisie Knew (Henry James)
What Maisie Knew
Henry James
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The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
John Fowles
7
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse
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Lost Illusions (Honoré De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
Honoré De Balzac
9
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust
10
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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Memoirs From Beyond the Grave (Chateaubriand)
Memoirs From Beyond the Grave
Chateaubriand
12
Almost Transparent Blue - Ryu Murakami
Almost Transparent Blue - Ryu Murakami
13
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
14
The Horla and Other Stories (Guy De Maupassant)
The Horla and Other Stories
Guy De Maupassant
15
Harrouda (Tahar Ben Jelloun)
Harrouda
Tahar Ben Jelloun
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The Words
The Words
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The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
Stendhal
18
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
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Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
20
Against Nature
Against Nature
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The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
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At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
H.P. Lovecraft
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell)
The Kindly Ones
Jonathan Littell
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The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
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The Joke
The Joke
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
30
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
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The Man Who Laughs (Victor Hugo)
The Man Who Laughs
Victor Hugo
33
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
Arthur Koestler
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
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Sutter's Gold (Blaise Cendrars)
Sutter's Gold
Blaise Cendrars
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
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Small Lives (Pierre Michon)
Small Lives
Pierre Michon
38
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
Don Delillo
39
The Fortune of the Rougons (Émile Zola)
The Fortune of the Rougons
Émile Zola
40
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
Virginia Woolf
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