50 books to read before you die

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,527 ratings
2.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,853 ratings
3.
The Harry Potter Collection 1-4 (Harry Potter, #1-4)
The Harry Potter Collection 1-4 (Harry Potter, #1-4) 4.69 avg rating — 68,732 ratings
4.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,225,810 ratings
5.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,862 ratings
6.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,019 ratings
7.
Holy Bible: New International Version
Holy Bible: New International Version
by: Anonymous
4.62 avg rating — 94,542 ratings
8.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,475 ratings
9.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,068 ratings
10.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,536 ratings
11.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland 4.03 avg rating — 395,718 ratings
12.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 991,984 ratings
13.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,697 ratings
14.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,104 ratings
15.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,152 ratings
16.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,879 ratings
17.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,617 ratings
18.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,289 ratings
19.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,016 ratings
20.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,497 ratings
21.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,095 ratings
22.
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories: Christmas Festivities, The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton, A Christmas Tree, The Seven Poor Travellers, The Haunted Man, and Master Humphrey's Clock
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories: Christmas Festivities, The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton, A Christmas Tree, The Seven Poor Travellers, The Haunted Man, and Master Humphrey's Clock 4.14 avg rating — 39,629 ratings
23.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,273 ratings
24.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,541 ratings
25.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,086 ratings
26.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,568,720 ratings
27.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,307 ratings
28.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,909 ratings
29.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,660 ratings
30.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,227 ratings
31.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,637 ratings
32.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,362 ratings
33.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,543 ratings
34.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,622 ratings
35.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,271 ratings
36.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,728 ratings
37.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,760 ratings
38.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,381 ratings
39.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,340 ratings
40.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows 4.02 avg rating — 235,226 ratings
41.
His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)
His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3) 4.29 avg rating — 166,693 ratings
42.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,488 ratings
43.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,963 ratings
44.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating — 68,863 ratings
45.
Birdsong
Birdsong 4.11 avg rating — 82,674 ratings
46.
The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now 4.09 avg rating — 13,882 ratings
47.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,710 ratings
48.
A Bend in the River
A Bend in the River 3.77 avg rating — 18,434 ratings
49.
Money
Money 3.70 avg rating — 25,092 ratings
50.
Men Without Women
Men Without Women 3.58 avg rating — 15,233 ratings
51.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,048 ratings