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