1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,093 ratings
2.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,469 ratings
3.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,225,333 ratings
4.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,445 ratings
5.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,730,565 ratings
6.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,579 ratings
7.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,355,550 ratings
8.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,405 ratings
9.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,374,999 ratings
10.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,071 ratings
11.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,405 ratings
12.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,116 ratings
13.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,958,938 ratings
14.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,392,783 ratings
15.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,969,802 ratings
16.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,582 ratings
17.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,421 ratings
18.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 991,911 ratings
19.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,257,966 ratings
20.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,382 ratings
21.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,852 ratings
22.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,164 ratings
23.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,771,925 ratings
24.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,680 ratings
25.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,178 ratings
26.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,414,870 ratings
27.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,429 ratings
28.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,487 ratings
29.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,821 ratings
30.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,471 ratings
31.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,025 ratings
32.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,153 ratings
33.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,670 ratings
34.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,434 ratings
35.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,568,645 ratings
36.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 320,241 ratings
37.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,116 ratings
38.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,468 ratings
39.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,509 ratings
40.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,270 ratings
41.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,944 ratings
42.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,594 ratings
43.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,281 ratings
44.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,102 ratings
45.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 949,959 ratings
46.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,437 ratings
47.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,166 ratings
48.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,752 ratings
49.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,787 ratings
50.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,856 ratings
51.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,001 ratings
52.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 528,198 ratings
53.
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,650,182 ratings
54.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 504,986 ratings
55.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,026 ratings
56.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,245 ratings
57.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,724 ratings
58.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,282 ratings
59.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,703 ratings
60.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,353 ratings
61.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,258 ratings
62.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,453 ratings
63.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,728 ratings
64.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,234 ratings
65.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 400,999 ratings
66.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,874 ratings
67.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,612 ratings
68.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,367 ratings
69.
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2)
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 141,691 ratings
70.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 452,843 ratings
71.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 551,915 ratings
72.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories 3.83 avg rating — 286,543 ratings
73.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,593 ratings
74.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,070 ratings
75.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,947 ratings
76.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating — 340,199 ratings
77.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,746 ratings
78.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,902 ratings
79.
Watchmen
Watchmen 4.39 avg rating — 585,748 ratings
80.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,003 ratings
81.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,237 ratings
82.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,548 ratings
83.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,352 ratings
84.
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 206,927 ratings
85.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,459 ratings
86.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,532 ratings
87.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 481,976 ratings
88.
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp 4.11 avg rating — 235,950 ratings
89.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,004 ratings
90.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating — 213,343 ratings
91.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,492 ratings
92.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,205 ratings
93.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating — 101,098 ratings
94.
The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights
by: Anonymous
4.03 avg rating — 80,393 ratings
95.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,272 ratings
96.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,426 ratings
97.
The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating — 207,605 ratings
98.
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 371,638 ratings
99.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides 3.78 avg rating — 395,232 ratings
100.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,040 ratings
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