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The Best Books to Read Before You Die

Here they are: the books that we can, hand-on-heart say that we really couldn't live without. Some we've come back to again and again (hello, Heathcliff) others are relatively new but have captivated us all the same.
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
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Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
7
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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Beautiful Ruins (Jess Walter)
Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter
9
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
10
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
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All the Birds, Singing (Evie Wyld)
All the Birds, Singing
Evie Wyld
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The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
Stephen King
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Fat Is a Feminist Issue (Susie Orbach)
Fat Is a Feminist Issue
Susie Orbach
14
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
Patrick Suskind
15
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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Alexander McQueen, Blood Beneath the Skin (Andrew Wilson)
Alexander McQueen, Blood Beneath the Skin
Andrew Wilson
17
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
18
The Millenium Trilogy (Stieg Larsson)
The Millenium Trilogy
Stieg Larsson
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
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Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
Patti Smith
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One Day (David Nicholls)
One Day
David Nicholls
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
25
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
26
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
28
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
29
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
30
Alias Grace (Atwood)
Alias Grace
Atwood
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How to Be a Woman (Caitlin Moran)
How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran
32
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
Iris Murdoch
33
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier
34
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
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