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Books Everyone Should Read in a Lifetime

Books make our outlook, in order to consider yourself a smart person we should read at least half of this list.
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
1
George Orwell
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
4
J.D. Salinger
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
5
Jane Austen
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
6
William Shakespeare
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
7
William Golding
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
8
Ray Bradbury
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
9
William Shakespeare
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
10
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
11
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
12
H.G. Wells
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
13
Oscar Wilde
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
14
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
15
Charles Dickens
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
16
Bram Stoker
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
17
Mark Twain
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
18
Herman Melville
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
19
Homer
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
20
Aldous Huxley
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
21
William Shakespeare
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
22
Ernest Hemingway
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
23
Paulo Coelho
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
24
Mary Shelley
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
25
John Steinbeck
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
26
Leo Tolstoy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
27
Lewis Carroll
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
28
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
29
Charlotte Brontë
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
30
Leo Tolstoy
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
31
Miguel De Cervantes
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
32
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno
33
Dante
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
34
William Shakespeare
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
35
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
36
Geoffrey Chaucer
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
37
Emily Bronte
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
38
Thomas Mann
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
39
Madeleine L'engle
The Arabian Nights' Entertainments
The Arabian Nights' Entertainments
40
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