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Books You Have to Read to Be Considered Well-Read

These are 300 of the most famous, beloved, influential, important works of literature that you should read if you want to be considered well-read.
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Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
1
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
2
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
3
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
4
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
5
William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
6
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
7
William Shakespeare
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
8
Miguel De Cervantes
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
9
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
10
Sun Tzu
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
11
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
12
Gabriel García Márquez
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
13
Dante Alighieri
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
14
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
15
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
16
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
17
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
18
Charles Dickens
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
19
Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
20
Mark Twain
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
21
Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
22
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
23
Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
24
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
25
John Steinbeck
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
26
John Steinbeck
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
27
John Steinbeck
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
28
William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
29
William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
30
William Faulkner
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
31
Jack London
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
32
Jack London
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
33
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
34
George Orwell
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
35
Herman Melville
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
36
J.D. Salinger
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
37
William Golding
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
38
Edgar Allan Poe
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
39
James Joyce
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
40
James Joyce
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