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Penguin Books 100 Must-Read Books

Penguin Publishers list of their 100 Must-read books as voted for by their readers. Starting with Pride and Prejudice at number 1, working down to 100. Some surprises in there, and some I can't believe aren't on the list
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
2
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
3
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
4
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
5
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
6
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys
7
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
8
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
Dodie Smith
9
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
10
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
11
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
12
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
Jack London
13
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
John Wyndham
14
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
Jane Austen
15
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
16
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
17
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
18
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
Elizabeth Bowen
19
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
20
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
21
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
22
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go-Between
L.P. Hartley
23
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
24
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
25
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
26
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
27
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
28
The Code of the Woosters (Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
Wodehouse
29
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
30
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
31
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
32
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
33
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
34
Age of Innocence (Wharton, Edith)
Age of Innocence
Wharton, Edith
35
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
36
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
37
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
38
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
Homer
39
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
40
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
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