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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