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Reading Challenge: 100 Classics to Read in a Lifetime

Reading Challenge: 100 Classics to Read in a Lifetime
Posted on April 20, 2017 by BookBub
We've put together the ultimate reading challenge: 100 classics you should read in your lifetime. From 19th century British literature to modern classics, this list has it all.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
2
Mary Shelley
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
4
Daphne Du Maurier
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
5
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
6
Alice Walker
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
7
Louisa May Alcott
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
8
Charles Dickens
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
9
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
10
Margaret Mitchell
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
11
Oscar Wilde
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
12
Ray Bradbury
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
13
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
14
Franz Kafka
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
15
Ernest Hemingway
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
16
George Orwell
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
17
John Steinbeck
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
18
Jack London
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
19
Albert Camus
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
20
Joseph Heller
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
21
William Golding
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
22
Aldous Huxley
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
23
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
24
James Baldwin
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
25
George Orwell
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
26
Anthony Burgess
Selected Poems (E. E. Cummings)
Selected Poems
27
E. E. Cummings
Grimm's Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
28
The Brothers Grimm
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
29
Homer
Moby Dick – Herman Melville
Moby Dick – Herman Melville
30
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
31
Flannery O'Connor
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
32
Plato
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
33
Upton Sinclair
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
34
Edith Wharton
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
35
William Shakespeare
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
36
Sophocles
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
37
Margaret Atwood
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
38
John Irving
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
39
William Goldman
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
40
Thomas Hardy
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