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Penguin Books 100 Must-Read Books - Page 2

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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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
41
J.D. Salinger
Alices's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alices's Adventures in Wonderland
42
Lewis Carroll
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
43
George Eliot
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
44
Anthony Trollope
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
45
James Baldwin
Les Mis (Victor Hugo)
Les Mis
46
Victor Hugo
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
47
Roald Dahl
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
48
S.E. Hinton
Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
Count of Monte Cristo
49
Alexander Dumas
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
50
James Joyce
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
51
John Steinbeck
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
52
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
53
Vladimir Nabokov
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
54
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
55
Evelyn Waugh
Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
Tale of Two Cities
56
Charles Dickens
Diary of a Nobody (George and Weedon Grossmith)
Diary of a Nobody
57
George and Weedon Grossmith
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
58
Leo Tolstoy
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni)
The Betrothed
59
Alessandro Manzoni
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
60
Virginia Woolf
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
61
Ayn Rand
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
62
H.G. Wells
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
63
Sun Tzu
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
64
John Galsworthy
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley
65
John Steinbeck
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
66
Henry Miller
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
67
D.H. Lawrence
Staying On
Staying On
68
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
69
Kenneth Grahame
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
70
Willa Cather
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
71
Emily Bronte
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
72
Patrick Suskind
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
73
Leo Tolstoy
Of Human Bondage (W Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
74
W Somerset Maugham
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
75
Charles Dickens
Lost Illusions (Honoré De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
76
Honoré De Balzac
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
77
Kurt Vonnegut
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories
78
Charles Dickens
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
79
George Eliot
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
80
Virginia Woolf
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