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The Most Memorable Books Ever Written: A Selection

150 of what I consider to be among the most memorable books of all time, many of which are personal favourites. Among the titles chosen here are classic works of fiction, poetry, drama and the odd bit of philosophy. Hope you enjoy!
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
2
Anthony Burgess
A Dance With Dragons (George R.R. Martin)
A Dance With Dragons
3
George R.R. Martin
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
4
Ernest Hemingway
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
5
George R.R. Martin
A Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin)
A Clash of Kings
6
George R.R. Martin
A Feast for Crows (George R.R. Martin)
A Feast for Crows
7
George R.R. Martin
A Storm of Swords (George R.R. Martin)
A Storm of Swords
8
George R.R. Martin
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
9
John Kennedy Toole
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
10
James Joyce
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
11
Bill Bryson
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
12
Bret Easton Ellis
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
13
George Orwell
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
14
William Faulkner
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
15
Toni Morrison
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
16
Aldous Huxley
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
17
Voltaire
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
18
Joseph Heller
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
19
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
20
Bram Stoker
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
21
Ray Bradbury
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
22
Hunter S. Thompson
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
23
Ernest Hemingway
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
24
Daniel Keyes
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
25
Mary Shelley
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
26
William Shakespeare
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
27
Maya Angelou
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
28
Italo Calvino
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
29
Truman Capote
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Inferno
30
Dante Alighieri
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
31
Ralph Ellison
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
32
Haruki Murakami
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
33
Yann Martel
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
34
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
35
William Golding
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
36
William Shakespeare
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
37
Virginia Woolf
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
38
Haruki Murakami
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
39
Jack Kerouac
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
40
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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