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Independent's 40 Best Books to Read Before You Die

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life's joys. Here Independent's critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
4
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Tess of the D'urbervilles
5
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
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The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
10
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
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The Code of the Woosters (Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters (Wodehouse)
12
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
13
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
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Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
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Middlemarch
Middlemarch
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
18
The Secret History
The Secret History
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
21
Dune
Dune
22
Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
24
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
27
Lolita
Lolita
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Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
29
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
30
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
32
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
34
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
36
Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons
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The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
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Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
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The Leopard
The Leopard
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