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BBC's 100 Books to Read Before Death

This is the list of 100 books to read before you die. How many have you read? Tick them off. Enjoy and read all!!!
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Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
1
J.R.R. Tolkien
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
His Dark Materials Trilogy
His Dark Materials Trilogy
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
4
Douglas Adams
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5
J.K. Rowling
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
6
Harper Lee
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
7
George Orwell
Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Winnie the Pooh
8
A.A. Milne
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
9
Charlotte Bronte
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
10
C.S. Lewis
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
11
Emily Bronte
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
12
Kenneth Grahame
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
13
J.D. Salinger
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
14
Sebastian Faulks
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
15
Joseph Heller
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
16
Louisa May Alcott
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
17
Charles Dickens
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
18
Margaret Mitchell
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
19
Leo Tolstoy
Harry Potter #1: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter #1: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
20
J. K. Rowling
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
21
Thomas Hardy
Harry Potter #2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter #2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
22
J. K. Rowling
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
23
Louis De Bernieres
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
24
Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Hobbit
25
J.R.R. Tolkien
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
26
George Eliot
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
27
John Irving
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
28
John Steinbeck
The Story of Tracy Beaker (Jacqueline Wilson)
The Story of Tracy Beaker
29
Jacqueline Wilson
Alice (Alice in Wonderland)
Alice (Alice in Wonderland)
30
Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
Pillars of the Earth
31
Ken Follett
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
32
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
33
Roald Dahl
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
34
Charles Dickens
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
35
Nevil Shute
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
36
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
37
Frank Herbert
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
38
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
39
Jane Austen
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
40
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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