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Pan MacMillan's 50 Best Books of All Time

So many books, so little time. Many book lovers know the temptation of buying a beautiful new hardback, but what are the essential must reads? Spanning all genres and periods, our edit of the best books to read before you die is here to help. This list isn't ranked, and provides the best books from the following genres: literary fiction, classic books, sci-fi and fantasy, non-fiction, crime and thrillers, historical fiction, books in translation and dystopian books.
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Shuggie Bain (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain (Douglas Stuart)
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A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise (Don Delillo)
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
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Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
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The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
9
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
10
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
11
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
12
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
13
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
14
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
15
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
16
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
17
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
18
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
19
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
20
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
21
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
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Zone One (Colson Whitehead)
Zone One (Colson Whitehead)
23
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
24
Stories of Your Life and Others (2002) (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life and Others (2002) (Ted Chiang)
25
Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
27
This Is Going to Hurt (Adam Kay)
This Is Going to Hurt (Adam Kay)
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Black and British (David Olusoga)
Black and British (David Olusoga)
29
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
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A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
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How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
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Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
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Last Bus to Woodstock (Colin Dexter)
Last Bus to Woodstock (Colin Dexter)
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Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
35
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
36
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
37
Absolute Power (David Baldacci)
Absolute Power (David Baldacci)
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Burial Rites (Hannah Kent)
Burial Rites (Hannah Kent)
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The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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