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How to Build a Better Library

I believe a good library (and good reading habits) are about balance, books that challenge you and books that are fun. Older and newer classics should be balanced with genre books and books that are just a good read if not a '100 best of all time'. Traditional mediums and newer ones. Just my opinion...
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David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
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Charles Dickens
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
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Victor Hugo
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Austen
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
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Bram Stoker
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
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Mary Shelley
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
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Charlotte Bronte
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
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Sir Walter Scott
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
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Voltaire
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
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Henry David Thoreau
My Bondage and My Freedom (Frederick Douglass)
My Bondage and My Freedom
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Frederick Douglass
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
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Virginia Woolf
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
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Alice Walker
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
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Ernest Hemingway
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
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Kurt Vonnegut
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
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S. E. Hinton
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Maya Angelou
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Harper Lee
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
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William Golding
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
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Albert Camus
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
21
Junot Díaz
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
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Jeffrey Eugenides
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
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Jhumpa Lahiri
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
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Margaret Atwood
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
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David Mitchell
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
27
Mark Haddon
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
28
Neil Gaiman
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
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Audrey Niffenegger
The Book Theif (Markus Zusak)
The Book Theif
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Markus Zusak
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
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Lois Lowry
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
32
Madeleine L'engle
The Lightning Thief (Rick Riordan)
The Lightning Thief
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Rick Riordan
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
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Louis Sachar
Stargirl (Jerry Spinelli)
Stargirl
35
Jerry Spinelli
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
36
Stephen Chbosky
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
37
Suzanne Collins
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
38
L.M. Montgomery
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
39
J.K. Rowling
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
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Laurie Halse Anderson
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