1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

101.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,803 ratings
102.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,777 ratings
103.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,946 ratings
104.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,936 ratings
105.
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules 4.17 avg rating — 192,666 ratings
106.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,376 ratings
107.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,401 ratings
108.
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5) 4.07 avg rating — 116,433 ratings
109.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,091 ratings
110.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,047 ratings
111.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,285 ratings
112.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating — 323,279 ratings
113.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating — 162,714 ratings
114.
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 149,639 ratings
115.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 327,497 ratings
116.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,966 ratings
117.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,153 ratings
118.
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days 3.95 avg rating — 274,956 ratings
119.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,079 ratings
120.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,722 ratings
121.
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 580,900 ratings
122.
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 — 568,937 ratings
123.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,458 ratings
124.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View 3.90 avg rating — 197,363 ratings
125.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,583 ratings
126.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,957 ratings
127.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,170 ratings
128.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,845 ratings
129.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,219 ratings
130.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,479 ratings
131.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,730 ratings
132.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,338 ratings
133.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,972 ratings
134.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,474 ratings
135.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,270 ratings
136.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther 3.69 avg rating — 148,951 ratings
137.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3.85 avg rating — 218,547 ratings
138.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,732 ratings
139.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,709 ratings
140.
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables
by: Aesop
4.05 avg rating — 128,593 ratings
141.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,787 ratings
142.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,577 ratings
143.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,170 ratings
144.
Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List 4.34 avg rating — 164,325 ratings
145.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum 4.14 avg rating — 71,253 ratings
146.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,232 ratings
147.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,915 ratings
148.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating — 137,380 ratings
149.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 122,130 ratings
150.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 78,543 ratings
151.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,164 ratings
152.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,456 ratings
153.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 123,555 ratings
154.
We
We 3.88 avg rating — 107,853 ratings
155.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,278 ratings
156.
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 4.21 avg rating — 369,895 ratings
157.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,733 ratings
158.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,735 ratings
159.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog 3.80 avg rating — 195,797 ratings
160.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 330,494 ratings
161.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,382 ratings
162.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,850 ratings
163.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,557 ratings
164.
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher 3.85 avg rating — 83,631 ratings
165.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,586 ratings
166.
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler 4.02 avg rating — 108,210 ratings
167.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,453 ratings
168.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover 3.50 avg rating — 134,614 ratings
169.
The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,235 ratings
170.
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych 4.14 avg rating — 205,044 ratings
171.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,121 ratings
172.
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man 3.63 avg rating — 211,128 ratings
173.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,439 ratings
174.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,452 ratings
175.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating — 194,244 ratings
176.
Franny and Zooey
Franny and Zooey 3.96 avg rating — 235,155 ratings
177.
The Red and the Black
The Red and the Black
by: Stendhal
3.86 avg rating — 81,050 ratings
178.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,932 ratings
179.
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 — 423,000 ratings
180.
The Collector
The Collector 3.97 avg rating — 89,273 ratings
181.
Veronika Decides to Die
Veronika Decides to Die 3.73 avg rating — 237,032 ratings
182.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating — 160,994 ratings
183.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating — 97,251 ratings
184.
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids 4.01 avg rating — 115,100 ratings
185.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
by: Ovid
4.10 avg rating — 76,399 ratings
186.
The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating — 146,852 ratings
187.
Trainspotting
Trainspotting 4.11 avg rating — 174,907 ratings
188.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,045 ratings
189.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge 3.86 avg rating — 65,073 ratings
190.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 56,593 ratings
191.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 110,508 ratings
192.
Foucault’s Pendulum
Foucault’s Pendulum 3.91 avg rating — 73,673 ratings
193.
Contact
Contact 4.15 avg rating — 149,995 ratings
194.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure 3.83 avg rating — 74,822 ratings
195.
The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair 3.90 avg rating — 68,989 ratings
196.
Everything is Illuminated
Everything is Illuminated 3.89 avg rating — 182,762 ratings
197.
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm 3.88 avg rating — 53,852 ratings
198.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating — 172,357 ratings
199.
Kim
Kim 3.70 avg rating — 39,386 ratings
200.
The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating — 51,036 ratings
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