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Top 50 Essential Books to Read to Earn "Well-Read" Status

Here is a list of top 50 essential books you need to read to earn "Well-Read" status. This list includes Western Classics, Dystopia, Satire and Literary heavy hitters.
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
2
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
3
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
4
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
5
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
6
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
7
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
8
Devils (Dostoevsky)
Devils (Dostoevsky)
9
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
10
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
11
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
12
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
13
The Little Prince
The Little Prince
14
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
15
Hamlet
Hamlet
16
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
17
Through the Looking Glass
Through the Looking Glass
18
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
19
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
20
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
21
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
22
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
23
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
24
Faust
Faust
25
Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha)
Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha)
26
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
27
Choke
Choke
28
Howl
Howl
29
The Devine Comedy
The Devine Comedy
30
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar Novel)
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar Novel)
31
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
32
The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum
33
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
34
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
35
Post Office
Post Office
36
A Clockwork Orange .. 1962 (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange .. 1962 (Anthony Burgess)
37
Confederacy of Dunces
Confederacy of Dunces
38
Midnight'S Children – Salman Rushdie
Midnight'S Children – Salman Rushdie
39
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
40
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
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