1. The Odyssey by Homer
The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work traditionally ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the m… 2. The Iliad by Homer The Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set in the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of Ilium by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and e… 3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was … 4. The Histories of Herodotus by Herodotus The Histories of Herodotus is considered one of the seminal works of history in Western literature. Written from the 450s to the 420s BC in the Ionic dialect of classical Greek, The Histories serve… 5. Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius e vita Caesarum (Latin, direct translation: On the Life of the Caesars) commonly known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman … 6. Confessions by Augustine Confessions is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St. Augustine of Hippo, written between AD 397 and AD 398. Modern English translations of it are sometimes published … 7. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Unknown The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The annals were initially created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during… 8. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature. Translated here into modern English, these tales of a mo… 9. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the … 10. Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory Le Morte d’Arthur (spelled Le Morte Darthur in the first printing and also in some modern editions, Middle French for la mort d’Arthur, “the death of Arthur”) is Sir Thomas Malory’s compilation of … 11. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Il Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. Originally called De Principatibus (About Principalities), it was origi… 12. The Sonnets by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, is a collection of poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal with such themes as time, love, beauty and mutability. They were proba… 13. Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes Leviathan, The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written by Thomas Hobbes which was published in 1651. It is titled after th… 14. Paradise Lost by John Milton Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books. A second edition followed in 1674, redivided into twelve… 15. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift From the preeminent prose satirist in the English language, a great classic recounting the four remarkable journeys of ship’s surgeon Lemuel Gulliver. For children it remains an enchanting fantasy;… 16. L’Encyclopédie by Diderot Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (English: Encyclopedia, or a systematic dictionary of the sciences, arts, and crafts) was a general encyclopedia publish… 17. The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract, Or Principles of Political Right by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is the book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way in which to set up a political community in the face of th… 18. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was written by English historian Edward Gibbon and published in six volumes. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings. … 19. Dangerous Liaison by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. Its prime movers, the Vicomte… 20. Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul are two books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. Although Songs of Innocence was first… 21. Rights of Man by Thomas Paine Rights of Man, by Thomas Paine, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard its people, their natural rights, and their national interests. It defen… 22. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The book is narrated in free indirect speech following the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with matters of upbringing, marriage, moral rightness and education in her aristocratic socie… 23. The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell He’s one of English literature’s all-time heavyweights, but most of what we know about Samuel Johnson, the man, comes from his friend Boswell’s hearty anecdotal biog. 24. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley At this challenge, Mary Shelley began work on the ‘ghost story’ that was to evolve into the most celebrated horror novel in literary history. Frankenstein was published the next year and become the… 25. On War by Carl Von Clausewitz Vom Kriege is a book on war and military strategy by Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz, written mostly after the Napoleonic wars, between 1816 and 1830, and published posthumously by his wife in… 26. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville De la démocratie en Amérique (published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840) is a classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville on the United States in the 1830s and its strengt… 27. The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham’s Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his “tales… 28. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her senti… 29. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre is a first-person narrative of the title character, a small, plain-faced, intelligent and honest English orphan. The novel goes through five distinct stages: Jane’s childhood at Gateshead… 30. The Prelude by William Wordsworth The Prelude; or, Growth of a Poet’s Mind is an autobiographical, “philosophical” poem in blank verse by the English poet William Wordsworth. Wordsworth wrote the first version of the poem when he w… 31. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens The story of the abandoned waif who learns to survive through challenging encounters with distress and misfortune. 32. The Chronicles of Barsetshire by Anthony Trollope The Chronicles of Barsetshire is a series of six novels by the English author Anthony Trollope, set in the fictitious cathedral town of Barchester. These classics of Victorian literature concern th… 33. The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell The Life of Charlotte Brontë is the posthumous biography of Charlotte Brontë by fellow novelist Elizabeth Gaskell. Although quite frank in many places, Gaskell suppressed details of Charlotte’s lov… 34. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert For daring to peer into the heart of an adulteress and enumerate its contents with profound dispassion, the author of Madame Bovary was tried for “offenses against morality and religion.” What shoc… 35. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins Thus young Walter Hartright first meets the mysterious woman in white in what soon became one of the most popular novels of the nineteenth century. Secrets, mistaken identities, surprise revelation… 36. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, published on Thursday 24 November 1859, is a seminal work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title… 37. Das Kapital by Karl Marx Das Kapital: Kritik der politischen Ökonomie (German pronunciation: [das kapiˈtaːl]) (Capital, in the English translation) is an extensive treatise on political economy written in German by Karl Ma… 38. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Epic in scale, War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events leading up to Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, as seen through the eyes of fi… 39. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nem… 40. Middlemarch by George Eliot Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans, later Marian Evans. It is her seventh novel, begun in 1869 and then put aside during the final i… 41. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James The story centres on Isabel Archer, an attractive American whom circumstances have brought to Europe. Isabel refuses the offer of marriage to an English peer and to a bulldog-like New Englander, to… 42. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, it is an adventure tale known for its superb atmosphere, character and action, and also a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality — as seen in Long… 43. The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. 44. Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Violated by one man, forsaken by another, Tess Durbeyfield is the magnificent and spirited heroine of Thomas Hardy’s immortal work. Of all the great English novelists, no one writes more eloquently… 45. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells When the Time Traveler courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700 — and everything had changed. H.G. Wells’s famous novel of one man’s astonishi… 46. The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud This book introduces Freud’s theory of the unconscious with respect to dream interpretation. Dreams, in Freud’s view, were all forms of “wish-fulfillment” — attempts by the unconscious to resolve a… 47. The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit The Railway Children is a children’s book by Edith Nesbit, originally published in 1906. The story concerns a family who move to a house near the railway after the father is imprisoned as a resu… 48. Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de’ più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori, as it was originally known i… 49. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame A classic in children’s literature The Wind in the Willow is alternately slow moving and fast paced. The book focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. T… 50. In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust Swann’s Way, the first part of A la recherche de temps perdu, Marcel Proust’s seven-part cycle, was published in 1913. In it, Proust introduces the themes that run through the entire work. The narr… 51. Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey Eminent Victorians is a book by Lytton Strachey (the oldest member of the Bloomsbury Group), first published in 1918 and consisting of biographies of four leading figures from the Victorian era. It… 52. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot The Waste Land is a 434 line modernist poem by T. S. Eliot published in 1922. It has been called “one of the most important poems of the 20th century.” Despite the alleged obscurity of the poem — i… 53. Ulysses by James Joyce Ulysses chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin during an ordinary day, June 16, 1904. The title parallels and alludes to Odysseus (Latinised into Ulysses), the hero of Homer’s Odyss… 54. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence CB, DSO (16 August 1888–19 May 1935), known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British military officer renowned especially for his liaison role dur… 55. Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional bear created by A. A. Milne. The first collection of stories about the character was the book Wi… 56. Odes by John Keats John Keats is perhaps most famous for his Odes, poems written in 1819 at a particularly harsh time of his life, when he had already been stricken with the tuberculosis that would eventually kill h… 57. Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man is a novel by Siegfried Sassoon, first published in 1928. It won both the Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, being immediately recognised as a c… 58. Good-Bye to All That by Robert Graves Good-bye to All That is the autobiography of Robert Graves. First published in 1929, the work is a landmark anti-war memoir of life in the trenches during World War I. The title expresses Graves’ d… 59. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O’Shaughnessy, … 60. Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome Swallows and Amazons is the first book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome and was first published in 1930. It is set in the Lake District between the two World Wars. At the tim… 61. Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff Babar the Elephant is a very popular French children’s fictional character who first appeared in Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff in 1931 and enjoyed immediate success. An English language ver… 62. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Set in the London of AD 2540 (632 A.F. in the book), the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society. The future society is an embod… 63. Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats by W. B. Yeats William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. 64. I, Claudius by Robert Graves I, Claudius deals sympathetically with the life of the Roman Emperor Claudius and cynically with the history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar’s assassination in 44… 65. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie What more can a mystery addict desire than a much-loathed murder victim found aboard the luxurious Orient Express with multiple stab wounds, thirteen likely suspects, an incomparably brilliant dete… 66. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Gone With the Wind is set in Jonesboro and Atlanta, Georgia during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and follows the life of Scarlett O’Hara, the daughter of an Irish immigrant plantation o… 67. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Rebecca is considered to be one of her best works. Some observers have noted parallels with Jane Eyre. Much of the novel was written while she was staying in Alexandria, Egypt, where her husband wa… 68. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep (1939) is a crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about hardboiled detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 and a… 69. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to a communist guerilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As an expert in the use of explosives, he is … 70. If This Is a Man by Primo Levi If This Is a Man is a work of witness by the Italian author Primo Levi. It was influenced by his experiences in the concentration camp at Auschwitz during the Second World War. It can be described … 71. Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell The story follows the life of one seemingly insignificant man, Winston Smith, a civil servant assigned the task of perpetuating the regime’s propaganda by falsifying records and political literatur… 72. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis World War II has just begun and four children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, are evacuated from London in 1940 to escape the Blitz. They are sent to live with Professor Digory Kirke, who … 73. The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith In a chilling literary hall of mirrors, Patricia Highsmith introduces Tom Ripley. Like a hero in a latter-day Henry James novel, is sent to Italy with a commission to coax a prodigal young America… 74. A History of the Crusades by Stephen Runciman A History of the Crusades is the work that historian Stephen Runciman is arguably most noted for. A cursory glance at the body of Runciman’s work would lead many to believe that his passion for hi… 75. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. It was developed concurrently with Stanley Kubrick’s film version and published after the release of the film. The story… 76. Foundation by Isaac Asimov Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy (later expanded into The Foundation Series). Foundation is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together … 77. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham The Day of the Triffids is a post-apocalyptic novel written in 1951 by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. Although Wyndham had already published other novels, this was the first publi… 78. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by philologist and Oxford University professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien’s earlier, less complex children’… 79. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill A History of the English-Speaking Peoples is a four-volume history of Britain and her former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by Winston Churchill, covering the period from Ca… 80. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak Doctor Zhivago is a 20th century novel by Boris Pasternak, first published in 1957. The novel is named after its protagonist, Yuri Zhivago, a medical doctor and poet. It tells the story of a man to… 81. The Ballad of Peckham Rye by Muriel Spark The Ballad of Peckham Rye is a novel written in 1960 by the Scottish author Muriel Spark. It tells the story of a devilish Scottish migrant, Dougal Douglas, who moves to Peckham in London and wr… 82. Rabbit, Run by John Updike Rabbit, Run depicts five months in the life of a 26-year-old former high school basketball player named Harry ‘Rabbit’ Angstrom, and his attempts to escape the constraints of his life. 83. The Origins of the Second World War by A. J. P. Taylor Was Hitler all that bad? Wasn’t he just an opportunist who took advantage of Anglo-French dithering and appeasement? The label ‘iconoclastic’ applies to few historians so well as it does to Taylor. 84. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez One of the 20th century’s enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning car… 85. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick first published in 1968. The main plot follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter of androids, while the secondary plot … 86. Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian Master and Commander is a historical naval novel by Patrick O’Brian. First published in 1969 (US) (1970 in UK), it is first in the Aubrey-Maturin series of stories of Captain Jack Aubrey and the na… 87. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a fable in novella form about a seagull learning about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection. First published in 1970 as “Jona… 88. Rabbit Redux by John Updike Rabbit Redux finds the former high-school basketball star, Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, working a dead-end job and approaching middle age in the downtrodden and fictional city of Brewer, Pennsylvania, … 89. How to Cook by Delia Smith Delia’s How to Cook is a simple-to-follow cooking course for people of all ages and abilities. In this comprehensive two-part book series, Delia returns to the very roots of cooking to look at the … 90. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values is the first of Robert M. Pirsig’s texts in which he explores his Metaphysics of Quality. The 1974 book describes, in first person,… 91. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a spy novel by John le Carré, first published in 1974. It is the first volume of a three-book series informally known as The Karla Trilogy, followed by The Honourabl… 92. The Plantagenet Saga by Jean Plaidy 93. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is the title of the first of five books in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction series by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of th… 94. Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike Rabbit Is Rich is a 1981 novel by John Updike. It is the third novel of the four-part series which begins with Rabbit, Run and Rabbit Redux, and concludes with Rabbit At Rest. There is also a relat… 95. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris Red Dragon is a novel by Thomas Harris. It was the first novel to feature Harris’ iconic character Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a sociopathic, murderous cannibal and ex-forensic psychiatrist; though he pla… 96. Diaries by Alan Clark Alan Clark started keeping a regular diary in 1955 which lasted until August 1999, during his second spell as a Member of Parliament, when he was incapacitated due to the onset of the brain tumour … 97. Neuromancer by William Gibson The novel tells the story of a washed-up computer hacker hired by a mysterious employer to work on the ultimate hack. Gibson explores artificial intelligence, virtual reality, genetic engineering, … 98. Beloved by Toni Morrison Beloved (1987) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison. The novel, her fifth, is loosely based on the life and legal case of the slave Margaret Garner, about whom Morrison… 99. Killshot by Elmore Leonard Killshot, the 1989 novel by author Elmore Leonard, tells the story of a married couple who find themselves in Cape Girardeau, Missouri while on the run from a pair of hitmen. 100. Citizens by Simon Schama Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution is a book by the historian Simon Schama. It was published in 1989, the bicentenary of the French Revolution, and like many other works in that year, w… 101. A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle A Year in Provence is autobiographical novel by Peter Mayle about his first year in Provence, and the local events and customs. It was adapted into a television miniseries starring John Thaw and Li… 102. Rabbit at Rest by John Updike In John Updike’s fourth and final novel about ex-basketball player Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, the hero has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo, and a second grandchild. His son, Nelson, is behavi… 103. The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf The Beauty Myth examines beauty as a demand and as a judgment upon women. Subtitled How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women, Wolf examines how modern conceptions of women’s beauty impact the sp… 104. A Child Called ‘It’ by Dave Pelzer A Child Called “It”: One Child’s Courage to Survive is Dave Pelzer’s 1995 autobiographical account of his alleged abuse as a child by an alcoholic mother, Catherine Roerva. 105. His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman The story involves fantasy elements such as witches and armoured polar bears, and alludes to a broad range of ideas from fields such as physics, philosophy, theology and spirituality. It follows th… 106. A People’s Tragedy by Orlando Figes This multi-award book is history on an epic yet human scale. Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, “A People’s Tragedy” offers a… 107. Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is the first novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling and featuring Harry Potter, a young wizard. It describes how Harry discovers he is a … 108. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Gladwell defines a tipping point as a sociological term: “the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point.” The book seeks to explain and describe the “mysterious” sociological change… 109. The Human Stain by Philip Roth The Human Stain is set in 1990s America, the time of the culture wars, political correctness and the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal. The story is told by Nathan Zuckerman, a writer who lives … 110. Schott’s Original Miscellany by Ben Schott Schott’s Miscellanies are a trio of best-selling books by Ben Schott. They consist of a collection of trivia generally centred on the culture of the United Kingdom (and to a lesser extent the rest … 111. Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss Eats, Shoots & Leaves is a non-fiction book written by Lynne Truss, the former host of the BBC Radio 4’s Cutting a Dash programme. In the book, published in 2003, Truss bemoans the state of punctua… 112. Collected Poems of Ted Hughes by Ted Hughes Edward James Hughes was an English poet and children’s writer, known as Ted Hughes. Critics routinely rank him as one of the best poets of his generation. Hughes was British Poet Laureate from 1984… Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3672376/110-best-books-The-perfect-library.html The Library of Congress List
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2. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr 3. Outlander Diana Gabaldon 4. The Help Kathryn Stockett 5. The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett 6. The Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory 7. Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden 8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer 9. Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 10. Girl with a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier 11. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee 12. Dragonfly in Amber Diana Gabaldon 13. Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein 14. Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel 15. Sarah’s Key Tatiana de Rosnay 16. The White Queen Philippa Gregory 17. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas John Boyne 18. Voyager Diana Gabaldon 19. The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini 20. The Constant Princess Philippa Gregory 21. Fall of Giants Ken Follett 22. World Without End Ken Follett 23. Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline 24. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Lisa See 25. Salt to the Sea Ruta Sepetys 26. The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd 27. Drums of Autumn Diana Gabaldon 28. The Paris Wife Paula McLain 29. The Queen’s Fool Philippa Gregory 30. The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco 31. The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón 32. Atonement Ian McEwan 33. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead 34. Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 35. The Historian Elizabeth Kostova 36. A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini 37. The Fiery Cross Diana Gabaldon 38. The Kitchen House Kathleen Grissom 39. The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman 40. The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 41. A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens 42. 11/22/63 Stephen King 43. Burial Rites Hannah Kent 44. The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare 45. Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel 46. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 47. The Miniaturist Jessie Burton 48. Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson 49. The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver 50. Shōgun James Clavell
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