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113 Must-Read Classic Books

A list of over 100 must-read classic books touching on every subject and category imaginable. A librarian and a bookstore worker came up with this list for me to complete.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
2
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
3
Albert Camus
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
4
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
5
Jack Kerouac
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
6
Edgar Allan Poe
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
7
Sylvia Plath
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
8
H.G. Wells
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
9
H.G. Wells
Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist
Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist
10
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
11
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
12
J.D. Salinger
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
13
Jules Verne
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
14
Homer
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
15
Virginia Woolf
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
16
Miguel De Cervantes
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
17
Jonathan Swift
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
18
William Faulkner
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
19
Franz Kafka
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
20
Albert Camus
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
21
Leo Tolstoy
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
22
Anonymous
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
23
Ken Kesey
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
24
Ray Bradbury
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno
25
Dante
Sybil (Flora Rheta Schreiber)
Sybil
26
Flora Rheta Schreiber
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
27
Dante Alighieri
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
28
William Golding
Lord of the Ring Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
29
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
30
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
31
Mark Twain
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
32
Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
33
Emily Brontë
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
34
Harper Lee
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
35
Jack London
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
36
Mary Shelley
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
37
Bram Stoker
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
38
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
39
Sun Tzu
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
40
Boris Pasternak
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