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An SAT Tutor's List of Best Books

My love of literature began in high school in the 1970s. This is a list of my favorites from over 1000 books I've read in a variety of genres. I would recommend any of these novels, plays, short stories, and non-fiction works to anyone who wants a great reading experience. If you have read many of them, consider yourself well-read and well-educated.
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84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
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Helene Hanff
Airborn
Airborn
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Albert Nobbs (George Moore)
Albert Nobbs
3
George Moore
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
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Anthony Doerr
The Amber Spyglass (Phillip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
5
Phillip Pullman
Aristotle Complete Works
Aristotle Complete Works
6
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
7
Herman Melville
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
8
Ann Patchett
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
9
Sylvia Plath
The Book of Merlyn (T. H. White)
The Book of Merlyn
10
T. H. White
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
11
Markus Zusak
Bourne Identity
Bourne Identity
12
The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams
The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams
13
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
14
Jack London
Captains Courageous (Rudyard Kipling)
Captains Courageous
15
Rudyard Kipling
Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Robert Van Gulik)
Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee
16
Robert Van Gulik
The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Cellist of Sarajevo
17
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
18
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
19
Sayaka Murata
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
20
Alexandre Dumas
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
21
Arthur Koestler
Dear Martin (Nic Stone)
Dear Martin
22
Nic Stone
A Discovery of Witches (Deborah Harkness)
A Discovery of Witches
23
Deborah Harkness
Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
24
Lynne Truss
Einstein's Dreams (Alan Lightman)
Einstein's Dreams
25
Alan Lightman
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters (Mark Dunn)
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
26
Mark Dunn
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
27
Orson Scott Card
Enemy Mine (Barry B. Longyear)
Enemy Mine
28
Barry B. Longyear
Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
Eragon
29
Christopher Paolini
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
30
Edith Wharton
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
31
William Peter Blatty
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
32
Daniel Keyes
Four Major Plays, Henrik Ibsen
Four Major Plays, Henrik Ibsen
33
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
34
Mary Shelley
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
35
Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Played With Fire
36
Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk (Kelli Estes)
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
37
Kelli Estes
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
38
Stieg Larsson
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
39
Margaret Mitchell
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
The Graveyard Book
40
Neil Gaiman
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