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Bookshelf to Read in a Lifetime

A long list of varied classics, both fiction and some non-fiction, to read in a lifetime and add to your mental bookshelf.
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
1
Aldous Huxley
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
2
Truman Capote
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
3
Joseph Heller
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
4
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
5
E.B. White
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
6
Helen Fielding
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
7
Junot Diaz
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
8
Miguel De Cervantes
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
9
Frank Herbert
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
10
Mary Shelley
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
11
Ray Bradbury
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
12
Margaret Mitchell
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
13
J.K. Rowling
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
14
Maya Angelou
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
15
Octavia Butler
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
16
William Golding
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
17
Louisa May Alcott
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
18
Herman Melville
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
19
Elie Wiesel
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
20
Jack Kerouac
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
21
J.M. Barrie
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
22
Daphne Du Maurier
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
23
Harper Lee
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
24
John Green
Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
25
William Thackeray
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
26
Richard Adams
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
27
Raymond Chandler
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
28
Betty Smith
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
29
Joan Didion
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
30
Joan Didion
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
31
Joan Didion
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
32
Theodore Dreiser
Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot
33
Honore De Balzac
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
34
Abraham Verghese
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
35
Murasaki Shikibu
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
36
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House of Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of Seven Gables
37
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
38
L.M. Montgomery
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
39
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
40
Ken Kesey
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