1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List

1.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,195 ratings
2.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,375 ratings
3.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,969,994 ratings
4.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,796 ratings
5.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,056 ratings
6.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,064,293 ratings
7.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 4.07 avg rating — 436,118 ratings
8.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,880 ratings
9.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,190 ratings
10.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,526 ratings
11.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 3,059,141 ratings
12.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,387 ratings
13.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,510 ratings
14.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,888 ratings
15.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,175 ratings
16.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 423,006 ratings
17.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 2,673,951 ratings
18.
Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon 4.32 avg rating — 389,639 ratings
19.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,016 ratings
20.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows 4.02 avg rating — 235,237 ratings
21.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,905 ratings
22.
Make Way for Ducklings
Make Way for Ducklings 4.25 avg rating — 90,423 ratings
23.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,743 ratings
24.
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 389,840 ratings
25.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,318 ratings
26.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,231 ratings
27.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,424 ratings
28.
Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web 4.21 avg rating — 1,994,088 ratings
29.
Madeline
Madeline 4.26 avg rating — 217,180 ratings
30.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,916 ratings
31.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,145 ratings
32.
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,379 ratings
33.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,274 ratings
34.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,058 ratings
35.
Desert Solitaire
Desert Solitaire 4.18 avg rating — 53,109 ratings
36.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,094 ratings
36.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,262 ratings
38.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,654 ratings
38.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,454 ratings
40.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,108 ratings
41.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,658 ratings
42.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,086 ratings
43.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,025 ratings
44.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,583 ratings
45.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating — 340,219 ratings
46.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,798 ratings
47.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,328 ratings
48.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,674 ratings
49.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,383 ratings
49.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,453 ratings
51.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,097 ratings
52.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,043 ratings
53.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,064 ratings
54.
The Story of Babar (Babar, #1)
The Story of Babar (Babar, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 59,344 ratings
55.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,649 ratings
56.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 499,094 ratings
57.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,283 ratings
58.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,209 ratings
58.
The Complete Fairy Tales
The Complete Fairy Tales 4.29 avg rating — 108,183 ratings
60.
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions 3.81 avg rating — 75,626 ratings
60.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,679 ratings
62.
Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick 3.56 avg rating — 602,789 ratings
63.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,153 ratings
64.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,209 ratings
65.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales 4.23 avg rating — 219,183 ratings
65.
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small #1-2)
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small #1-2) 4.35 avg rating — 155,360 ratings
65.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,740 ratings
68.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,631 ratings
69.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,629 ratings
70.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,044 ratings
71.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,043 ratings
72.
The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #1)
The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 82,513 ratings
73.
The Arabian Nights: Alf Laylah Wa-Laylah
The Arabian Nights: Alf Laylah Wa-Laylah
by: Anonymous
4.03 avg rating — 80,396 ratings
74.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,537 ratings
75.
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm 3.88 avg rating — 53,852 ratings
76.
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 580,904 ratings
77.
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal 4.27 avg rating — 142,714 ratings
78.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Songs of Innocence and of Experience 4.09 avg rating — 50,997 ratings
79.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating — 281,434 ratings
80.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,524 ratings
81.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,241 ratings
82.
Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki 4.16 avg rating — 24,591 ratings
82.
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are 4.25 avg rating — 1,042,996 ratings
84.
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 281,976 ratings
85.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,576 ratings
86.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Sherlock Holmes 4.51 avg rating — 214,388 ratings
87.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,143 ratings
88.
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 371,687 ratings
89.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,195 ratings
90.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,356 ratings
91.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,052 ratings
92.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,974 ratings
92.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,090 ratings
94.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,941 ratings
95.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,618 ratings
96.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,264 ratings
97.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,456 ratings
98.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,091 ratings
99.
The Uncommon Reader
The Uncommon Reader 3.73 avg rating — 58,255 ratings
100.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating — 71,398 ratings
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