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Essential Books for Reading (By Title)

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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
2
William Faulkner
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3
Mark Twain
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
4
Mark Twain
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
5
Virgil
The Affluent Society (John Kenneth Galbraith)
The Affluent Society
6
John Kenneth Galbraith
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
Against Interpretation
7
Susan Sontag
Agamemnon
Agamemnon
8
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
9
Edith Wharton
The Age of Reform (Richard Hofstadter)
The Age of Reform
10
Richard Hofstadter
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
11
Lewis Carroll
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
12
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
13
Cormac McCarthy
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
14
Erich Maria Remarque
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
15
Michael Chabon
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
16
Philip Roth
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
17
Bret Easton Ellis
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
18
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
19
Kazuo Ishiguro
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (David Hume)
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
20
David Hume
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (John Locke)
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
21
John Locke
Androcles and the Lion (George Bernard Shaw)
Androcles and the Lion
22
George Bernard Shaw
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
23
Frank McCourt
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
24
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
25
Leo Tolstoy
Antigone (Jean Anouilh)
Antigone
26
Jean Anouilh
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
27
Sophocles
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
28
William Shakespeare
Armies of the Night (Norman Mailer)
Armies of the Night
29
Norman Mailer
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
30
Jules Verne
The Art of Loving (Erich Fromm)
The Art of Loving
31
Erich Fromm
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
32
William Faulkner
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
33
William Shakespeare
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
34
Ian McEwan
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
35
W.G. Sebald
Axel's Castle (Edmund Wilson)
Axel's Castle
36
Edmund Wilson
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
37
The Balcony (Jean Genet)
The Balcony
38
Jean Genet
The Bald Soprano (Eugène Ionesco)
The Bald Soprano
39
Eugène Ionesco
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
40
Carson McCullers
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