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Books to Read to Be Considered Well Read

Contemporary or classic novels, plays, poem and short story anthologies, that any serious reader should read at least once in his or her life.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
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
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
11
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
12
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
13
H.G. Wells
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
14
Oscar Wilde
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
15
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
16
Charles Dickens
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
17
Bram Stoker
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
18
Kurt Vonnegut
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
19
Mark Twain
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
20
Herman Melville
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
21
Homer
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
22
O. Henry
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
23
Joseph Heller
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
24
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
25
Aldous Huxley
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
26
William Shakespeare
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
27
Ernest Hemingway
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
28
Sophocles
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
29
Paulo Coelho
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
30
Vladimir Nabokov
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
31
Mary Shelley
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
32
John Steinbeck
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
33
Leo Tolstoy
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
34
Sophocles
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
35
Lewis Carroll
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
36
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
37
Charlotte Brontë
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
38
Leo Tolstoy
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
39
J.K. Rowling
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
40
Tom Stoppard
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