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Most Recommended Books of All Time

I compiled this list from the book Data is Beautiful, which looks at all the books that are frequently recommended by literary critics and polls. Enjoy!
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
3
Joseph Heller
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
4
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
5
Douglas Adams
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
6
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
7
Mark Twain
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
8
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
9
Leo Tolstoy
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
10
John Steinbeck
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
11
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
12
William Golding
Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
13
JRR Tolkien
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
14
Herman Melville
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
15
Jane Austen
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
16
Albert Camus
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
17
Leo Tolstoy
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
18
Aldous Huxley
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
19
Miguel De Cervantes
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
20
Ray Bradbury
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
21
J. K. Rowling
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
22
Philip Pullman
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
23
Charlotte Bronte
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
24
Yann Martel
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
25
Victor Hugo
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
26
Jack Kerouac
Remembrance of Things Past (Marcel Proust)
Remembrance of Things Past
27
Marcel Proust
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
28
Kurt Vonnegut
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
29
Emily Brontë
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
30
Toni Morrison
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
31
C.S. Lewis
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
32
Anthony Burgess
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
33
Alice Walker
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
34
John Kennedy Toole
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
35
Charles Dickens
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
36
Ernest Hemingway
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
37
Margaret Mitchell
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
38
Margaret Atwood
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
39
Joseph Conrad
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
40
J.R.R. Tolkien
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