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The Ultimate Well-Read List

I've been attempting quite a few list challenges in the 'book' section lately and noticed that quite a few novels pop up in multiple lists. I've compiled a list of 250 books that seem to be on lots of 'to be read', 'must read' & 'well read' lists. Any books in a series, I've counted as one entry. This is the ultimate well-read list.
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11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
1
Stephen King
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Tom Sawyer, Detective (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Tom Sawyer, Detective
4
Mark Twain
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
5
Paulo Coelho
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
6
Lewis Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria)
All Quiet on the Western Front
7
Erich Maria
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
8
Anthony Doerr
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
9
Neil Gaiman
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
10
Bret Easton Ellis
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
11
Agatha Christie
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
12
Frank McCourt
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
13
Dan Brown
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
14
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
15
Leo Tolstoy
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
16
L.M. Montgomery
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
17
Jules Verne
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
18
Ayn Rand
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
19
Ian McEwan
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
20
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
21
Toni Morrison
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
22
Anonymous
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
23
Sebastian Faulks
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
24
Anna Sewell
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
25
Charles Dickens
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
26
Cormac McCarthy
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
27
Angela Carter
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
28
Markus Zusak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
29
Aldous Huxley
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
30
Evelyn Waugh
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
31
Katherine Paterson
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
32
Helen Fielding
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
33
Junot Díaz
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
34
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
35
Jack London
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
36
Louis De Bernieres
The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat
37
Dr. Seuss
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
38
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
39
J.D. Salinger
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
40
Kurt Vonnegut
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