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The Independent's 42 Favourite Reads

42 best books to read before you die according to The Independent newspaper. Tick the ones you've read! Enjoy :)
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avg. score: 11 of 42 (25%)
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The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
2
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
3
Naïve. Super. (Erlend Loe)
Naïve. Super. (Erlend Loe)
4
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
5
All Who Go Do Not Return (Deen)
All Who Go Do Not Return (Deen)
6
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
7
Captain Corelli&#39;S Mandolin – Louis De Berniere
Captain Corelli'S Mandolin – Louis De Berniere
8
The Art of Fielding
The Art of Fielding
9
Alice&#39;s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
10
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream
11
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
12
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
13
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
14
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
15
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
16
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
17
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
18
Lake Wobegon Days
Lake Wobegon Days
19
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
20
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
21
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook
22
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
23
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand (Stephen King)
24
The Help
The Help
25
The Prophet
The Prophet
26
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
27
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
28
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
29
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
30
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
31
Women in Love
Women in Love
32
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood
33
Miss Wyoming (Douglas Coupland)
Miss Wyoming (Douglas Coupland)
34
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
35
Simarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Simarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
36
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
37
The Beach
The Beach
38
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
39
Bobby Brewster Books (H E Todd)
Bobby Brewster Books (H E Todd)
40
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
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