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Lithub's 100 Books to Read Before You Die

Prepare yourself for some frightening news: you have, according to LitHub, only a finite amount of time left in your life to read. The average American, for instance, reads 12 books a year. Assuming that you're over 25 years old, that would mean that you only have approximately 700 books — max — in your future.
Are you suddenly feeling the tightening coil of mortality? Great. If you're now wondering where you should start, we've got you covered. Here are 100 books to read before you die.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
5
The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
6
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
7
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
8
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
9
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
10
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
11
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
12
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
13
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
14
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
15
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
16
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
17
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
18
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
19
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
20
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
21
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
22
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
23
The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
24
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
27
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
28
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
29
The Death of Artemio Cruz (Carlos Fuentes)
The Death of Artemio Cruz (Carlos Fuentes)
30
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (Lu Xun)
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (Lu Xun)
31
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
32
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
33
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
34
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
35
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma (Jane Austen)
36
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
37
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
38
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
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The Golden Compass (Phillip Pullman)
The Golden Compass (Phillip Pullman)
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Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
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