List of the best must-read books of all time - aka books everyone should read. These are the novels, autobiographies, and short books that you should consider when you ask yourself, "What book should I read next?" If you somehow made it through school without reading the classic and best obscure books on this list - or you're still in school - be sure to check them out to expand your literary horizons.
An eclectic mix that does not cater solely to the sensibilities of the literati, culturati, illuminati or even paparazzi.
It is meant for the hoi polloi who ought to have a sampling (25) of what other worlds are out there IF one reads a book.
"Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread. -~ François Mauriac
These books I wouldn't mind reading again and again . . .
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. - ~Francis Bacon
Nota Bene
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Animal Farm
Lord of the Flies
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Grapes of Wrath