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The Top Must-Read Books of All Time

These are the 100 must-read books of every genre and for every age. How many have you read so far? :)
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
2
George Orwell
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
3
William Shakespeare
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
4
John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
5
Harper Lee
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
6
William Shakespeare
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
7
Mark Twain
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
8
Charles Dickens
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
9
Mark Twain
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
10
Homer
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
11
William Shakespeare
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm)
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales
12
Brothers Grimm
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
13
Mary Shelley
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
14
Ray Bradbury
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
15
Edgar Allan Poe
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
16
Jane Austen
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
17
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
18
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S.Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
19
C.S.Lewis
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
20
Jack London
Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
21
JRR Tolkien
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
22
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
23
Lewis Carroll
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
24
William Golding
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
25
John Steinbeck
Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Hobbit
26
J.R.R. Tolkien
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
27
Charlotte Bronte
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
28
Alexandre Dumas
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
29
Bram Stoker
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
30
William Shakespeare
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
31
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat
32
Dr. Seuss
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
33
Charles Dickens
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
34
J.D. Salinger
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
35
Anne Frank
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
36
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
37
Charles Dickens
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Dr. Seuss)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
38
Dr. Seuss
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
39
Emily Bronte
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
40
Maurice Sendak
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