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Books to Read Before Graduating College

100 books that will help you understand the diverse ideas of people, and governments in the 21st century. These books attempt to showcase many of the dominant styles, thoughts, and stories that are embedded in Western culture today.
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Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
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The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
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Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
William Shakespeare
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
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Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
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To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
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Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
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Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee
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Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks
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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
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Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
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Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
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Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
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The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
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Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
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Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver, Barbara)
Poisonwood Bible
Kingsolver, Barbara
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
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The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
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