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Essential Books to Read in a Lifetime

These are all the books I want to make sure I read in my lifetime. I feel that reading these books go a long way towards making a person well read. Many of them help you to understand the many pop culture references commonly made about them.
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The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
1
Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
2
Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
3
Suzanne Collins
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
4
Stephenie Meyer
New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
New Moon
5
Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
Eclipse
6
Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn (Stephenie Meyer)
Breaking Dawn
7
Stephenie Meyer
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
8
Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
9
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
10
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
11
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
12
Jane Austen
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
13
E.L. James
Fifty Shades Darker (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades Darker
14
E.L. James
Fifty Shades Freed (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades Freed
15
E.L. James
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
16
Harper Lee
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
17
George Orwell
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
18
Herman Melville
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
19
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
20
Ayn Rand
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
21
Sylvia Plath
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
22
J.D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
23
J.D. Salinger
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
24
Ayn Rand
We the Living
We the Living
25
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
26
J.K. Rowling
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
27
C.S. Lewis
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
28
Margaret Mitchell
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
29
Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
30
George Orwell
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
31
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
32
Emily Bronte
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
33
Lewis Carroll
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
34
J.M. Barrie
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
35
John Green
The Book Theif (Markus Zusak)
The Book Theif
36
Markus Zusak
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
37
Elie Wiesel
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
38
Anonymous
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
39
William Shakespeare
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
40
J.R.R. Tolkien
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