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The Best of the Best Books of All Time

This list is a composite from 13 other "best of" book lists. The books listed here were listed on at least six times from the 13 lists. This list of 75 books is from a total of more than 750 unique books. Over 675 books were listed on four lists or fewer.
This list is in order of the most listed books (13 times listed), to least listed books (six times listed). There are books from England, America, Spain, France, Germany, Mexico, along with many other (mostly western) countries. This list concentrates on the "classics", as well as a few popular titles.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
2
J.D. Salinger
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
3
Harper Lee
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
4
Joseph Heller
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
5
Jane Austen
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
6
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
7
J.R.R.Tolkien
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
8
J.K. Rowling
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
9
Lewis Carroll
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
10
Charles Dickens
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
11
Leo Tolstoy
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
12
Aldous Huxley
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
13
William Golding
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
14
Jack Kerouac
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
15
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
16
Emily Bronte
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
17
John Steinbeck
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
18
C.S. Lewis
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
19
Charlotte Bronte
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
20
James Joyce
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
21
Leo Tolstoy
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
22
Charles Dickens
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
23
Herman Melville
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
24
Alexandre Dumas
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
25
Margaret Mitchell
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
26
Charles Dickens
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
27
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
28
Louisa May Alcott
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
29
Sylvia Plath
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
30
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
31
Kenneth Grahame
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
32
E.B. White
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
33
Vladimir Nabokov
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
34
John Steinbeck
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
35
Anne Frank
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
36
J.R.R. Tolkien
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
37
Mark Twain
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
38
Roald Dahl
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
39
Charles Dickens
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
40
Jane Austen
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