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BBC's Top 100 Books You Need to Read Before You Die

The BBC has an esteemed list of 100 books they think every person should read before they die -- a literary bucket list, if you will.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
2
J.R.R.Tolkien
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
3
Charlotte Brontë
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
4
J.K. Rowling
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
5
Harper Lee
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
6
Anonymous
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
7
Emily Brontë
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
8
George Orwell
His Dark Materials Trilogy
His Dark Materials Trilogy
9
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
10
Charles Dickens
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
11
Louisa May Alcott
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
12
Thomas Hardy
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
13
Joseph Heller
Complete Works of Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
Complete Works of Shakespeare
14
William Shakespeare
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
15
Daphne Du Maurier
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
16
J.R.R. Tolkien
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
17
Sebastian Faulks
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
18
J.D. Salinger
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
19
Audrey Niffenegger
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
20
George Eliot
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
21
Margaret Mitchell
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
22
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
23
Charles Dickens
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
24
Leo Tolstoy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
25
Douglas Adams
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
26
Evelyn Waugh
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
27
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
28
John Steinbeck
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
29
Lewis Carroll
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
30
Kenneth Grahame
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
31
Leo Tolstoy
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
32
Charles Dickens
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
33
C.S. Lewis
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
34
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
35
Jane Austen
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
36
Paulo Coelho
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
37
Khaled Hosseini
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
38
Louis De Bernieres
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
39
Arthur Golden
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
40
A. A. Milne
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