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Classic Books You Need to Read

This list is a collection of books that I think every person should read. To be honest I am still working on it myself.
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
1
George Orwell
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
3
Leo Tolstoy
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
4
Harper Lee
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
5
Miguel De Cervantes
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
6
Jane Austen
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
7
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
8
Charlotte Bronte
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
9
J.D. Salinger
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
10
William Shakespeare
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
11
Louisa May Alcott
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
12
William Golding
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
13
John Steinbeck
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
14
Mark Twain
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
15
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
16
Mary Shelley
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
17
Charles Dickens
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
18
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
19
Oscar Wilde
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
20
Jane Austen
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
21
Bram Stoker
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
22
Alexandre Dumas
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
23
Charles Dickens
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
24
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
25
S.E. Hinton
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
26
Homer
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
27
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
28
Jane Austen
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
29
William Shakespeare
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
30
Aldous Huxley
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
31
Charles Dickens
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
32
Mark Twain
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
33
Leo Tolstoy
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
34
Victor Hugo
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
35
William Shakespeare
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
36
Anne Frank
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
37
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
38
John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
39
Ernest Hemingway
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
40
L.M. Montgomery
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