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BBC's Top 100 Books You Need to Read Before You Die - Page 2

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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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
42
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
43
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving
45
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
46
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
47
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy
48
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
49
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
50
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
Ian McEwan
51
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
52
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
Frank Herbert
53
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
Stella Gibbons
54
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
55
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
56
The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
58
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
59
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
60
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
61
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
62
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
63
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
64
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
65
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
66
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
67
Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
68
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen Fielding
69
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
70
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
71
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
72
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
73
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
74
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
Bill Bryson
75
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
76
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
77
Swallows and Amazons (Arthur Ransome)
Swallows and Amazons
Arthur Ransome
78
Germinal – Emile Zola
Germinal – Emile Zola
79
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
80
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
A.S. Byatt
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