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Abebooks' 100 (Fiction) Books to Read in a Lifetime

"We've seen these lists before - from Amazon to the Telegraph to Time Magazine and beyond. Plenty of folks have lists of the 100 best books of all time, the 100 books you should read, and on. And beautifully, despite overlap, they are all different. The glorious subjectivity of art means that no two of these lists should ever be exactly alike. So this is ours, our special snowflake of a list, born out of our passion for books. We kept it to fiction this time. Some of the expected classics are there, alongside some more contemporary fare. There is some science fiction, some YA, and above all else, some unforgettable stories."
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Paying Guests (Sarah Waters)
The Paying Guests
2
Sarah Waters
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
3
Charles Dickens
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
4
William Golding
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
5
Charlotte Brontë
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
6
Richard Adams
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
7
Nevil Shute
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
8
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
9
Han Kang
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
10
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
11
Mark Twain
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
12
L.M. Montgomery
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
13
Lewis Carroll
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
14
Paulo Coelho
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
15
Alice Walker
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
16
Mary Shelley
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
17
Erich Maria Remarque
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
18
Ray Bradbury
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
19
Anthony Doerr
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
20
Margaret Atwood
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
21
George Orwell
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
22
Ian McEwan
Barney's Version (Mordecai Richler)
Barney's Version
23
Mordecai Richler
The Beetle (Richard Marsh)
The Beetle
24
Richard Marsh
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
25
Sylvia Plath
The Book of Negroes (Lawrence Hill)
The Book of Negroes
26
Lawrence Hill
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
27
Markus Zusak
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
28
Lois Lowry
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
29
Aldous Huxley
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
30
Leo Tolstoy
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
31
Kurt Vonnegut
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
32
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
33
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
34
J.D. Salinger
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web
35
E. B. White
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
36
John Wyndham
City of Thieves (David Benioff)
City of Thieves
37
David Benioff
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
38
Anthony Burgess
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
39
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
40
J. M. Coetzee
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