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Penguin Books 100 Must-Read Books - Page 3

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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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
81
Louisa May Alcott
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
82
Iris Murdoch
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
83
Robert M Pirsig
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
84
Franz Kafka
I Claudius (Graves)
I Claudius
85
Graves
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
86
J.M. Barrie
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
87
John Kennedy Toole
The Razors Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razors Edge
88
W. Somerset Maugham
Lark Rise to Candleford (Flora Thompson)
Lark Rise to Candleford
89
Flora Thompson
The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
90
Thomas Hardy
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
91
James Joyce
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
92
Joseph Conrad
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
93
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
94
Margaret Atwood
What a Carve Up! (Jonathan Coe)
What a Carve Up!
95
Jonathan Coe
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
96
Mario Puzo
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky)
Suite Française
97
Irène Némirovsky
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
98
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
White Nights (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
White Nights
99
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
100
Charles Dickens
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