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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
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
4
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
9
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
10
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
11
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
12
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
13
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
14
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
15
War and Peace [War and Peace] (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace [War and Peace]
Leo Tolstoy
16
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
17
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
18
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
19
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
20
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
21
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
22
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
Homer
23
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
24
The Bible
The Bible
25
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
26
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
27
Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
JRR Tolkien
28
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
29
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
30
Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
31
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
32
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
33
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
34
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
36
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
Homer
37
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann
38
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
39
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
40
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
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