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The Ultimate Reading Challenge

From timeless classics to transformative masterpieces, this list is your ultimate guide to the novels, plays, and poems that have shaped our world.
Please note that this list was compiled by an algoritm comparing 228 respected book lists, giving the most authoritative list one can reasonably get. Discover the Top 50 Books: Uncover a carefully curated list of the most influential books in history, including classics like "To Kill a Mockingbird," "1984," "Pride and Prejudice," and many more.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
2
James Joyce
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
4
Marcel Proust
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
6
George Orwell
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
7
Vladimir Nabokov
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
8
Jane Austen
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
9
Miguel De Cervantes
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
10
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
11
Herman Melville
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
12
Leo Tolstoy
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
13
Harper Lee
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
14
Emily Brontë
War and Peace [War and Peace] (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace [War and Peace]
15
Leo Tolstoy
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
16
John Steinbeck
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
17
Lewis Carroll
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
18
Joseph Heller
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
19
Gustave Flaubert
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
20
William Faulkner
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
21
Joseph Conrad
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
22
Homer
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
23
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
24
Anonymous
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
25
George Eliot
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
26
Dante Alighieri
Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
27
JRR Tolkien
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
28
Toni Morrison
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
29
Albert Camus
Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
30
Mark Twain
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
31
Charles Dickens
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
32
Virginia Woolf
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
33
Salman Rushdie
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
34
Charlotte Bronte
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
35
Ralph Ellison
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
36
Homer
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
37
Thomas Mann
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
38
Franz Kafka
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
39
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
40
Virginia Woolf
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