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Goodreads 2020 Update: Books You Need to Read to Be Considered Well-Read - Page 4

"Contemporary or classic novels, plays, poem and short story anthologies, that any serious reader should read at least once in his or her life." (Goodreads)
This challenge is perhaps a tad less "anglocentric" than the "BBC's 100 Best Books" challenge posted a few hours ago. But it might be interesting to compare this user-voted list vs that from an authoritative source like the BBC.
This is the state of the list in July 2020. Some duplicates have been removed.
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Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
122
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
123
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
124
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
125
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
126
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Edward Albee)
127
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
128
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
129
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
130
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
131
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
132
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
133
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
134
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
135
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
136
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
137
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
138
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
139
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
140
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
141
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings (Edgar Allan Poe)
142
The Yellow Wall-Paper and Other Stories (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wall-Paper and Other Stories (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
143
The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain)
The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain)
144
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
145
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
146
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
147
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
148
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
149
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
150
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
151
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
152
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
153
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
154
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
155
Equus (Peter Shaffer)
Equus (Peter Shaffer)
156
Gulliver's Travels / a Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels / a Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
157
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass/USA)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass/USA)
158
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
159
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
160
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
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