100 Classic Books to Read Before You Die: The Official List
Have you ever wondered what books you should read before you die? Look no further! This list of 100 classic books is considered a must-read for anyone who loves literature. From timeless classics to modern masterpieces, these books have stood the test of time and continue to captivate readers to this day.
The Classics
1-10
- Don Quixote (1605) by Miguel de Cervantes
- Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen
- War and Peace (1865) by Leo Tolstoy
- Oliver Twist (1838) by Charles Dickens
- Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Brontë
- Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Brontë
- Great Expectations (1861) by Charles Dickens
- Moby-Dick (1851) by Herman Melville
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) by Mark Twain
- The Scarlet Letter (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne
11-20
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) by Alexandre Dumas
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) by Oscar Wilde
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) by Mark Twain
- The Jungle Book (1894) by Rudyard Kipling
- The Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) by Victor Hugo
- The Last of the Mohicans (1826) by James Fenimore Cooper
- The Canterbury Tales (14th century) by Geoffrey Chaucer
- The Aeneid (1st century BC) by Virgil
- The Iliad and The Odyssey (8th century BC) by Homer
Modern Classics
21-30
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) by Harper Lee
- The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J.D. Salinger
- 1984 (1949) by George Orwell
- Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley
- The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Virginia Woolf
- Ulysses (1922) by James Joyce
- The Sun Also Rises (1926) by Ernest Hemingway
- A Handful of Dust (1934) by Evelyn Waugh
- The Grapes of Wrath (1939) by John Steinbeck
31-40
- Animal Farm (1945) by George Orwell
- The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955) by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J.D. Salinger
- The Bell Jar (1963) by Sylvia Plath
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) by Ken Kesey
- Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Godfather (1969) by Mario Puzo
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969) by John Fowles
- The Woman in White (1859) by Wilkie Collins
- The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins
And Many More
41-100
- Middlemarch (1871-1872) by George Eliot
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) by Anne Bronte ...
- Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston
This list is not exhaustive, but it's a great starting point for anyone looking to explore the world of classic literature. So, grab a book and start reading!
