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Keeping Up With the Penguins - 50 Books to Read Before You Die

A list of 50 books recommended that you read before you die. Not full of your typical books. How many have you read?
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Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
1
E.B. White
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
2
Charlotte Bronte
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
3
Dale Carnegie
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
4
Truman Capote
Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Diary of a Young Girl
5
Anne Frank
Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
Game of Thrones
6
George R.R. Martin
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
7
Bill Bryson
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
8
Virginia Woolf
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
9
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
10
J.D. Salinger
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
11
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
12
Elena Ferrante
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
13
Salman Rushdie
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
14
George Orwell
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
15
John Green
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
16
Robert Louis Stevenson
Lady Chatterly's Lover (Lawrence, D.H.)
Lady Chatterly's Lover
17
Lawrence, D.H.
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
18
Herman Melville
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
19
Joan Didion
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
20
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
21
Harper Lee
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
22
Karen Joy Fowler
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
23
Gabriel García Márquez
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
24
Maya Angelou
Harry Potter #1: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter #1: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
25
J. K. Rowling
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
26
Stella Gibbons
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
27
Samuel Beckett
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
Call Me by Your Name
28
André Aciman
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
29
Louisa May Alcott
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
30
Robert M Pirsig
How Proust Can Change Your Life
How Proust Can Change Your Life
31
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (Philip Gourevitch)
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
32
Philip Gourevitch
Alices's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alices's Adventures in Wonderland
33
Lewis Carroll
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
34
John Steinbeck
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
35
Betty Friedan
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
36
Franz Kafka
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
37
Walt Whitman
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
38
Douglas Adams
Hidden Figures (Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
39
Shetterly
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
40
Ian McEwan
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