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MLA's 30 Books Every Adult Should Read

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1. To Kill a Mockingbird

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2. The Holy Bible: King James Version

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3. The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the ...

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4. The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part ...

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5. The Return of the King (The Lord of The Ring...

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6. 1984

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7. A Christmas Carol (Bantam Classic)

8. Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)

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9. Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics)

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10. All Quiet on the Western Front

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11. The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book...

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12. The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2...

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13. The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book...

14. Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War

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15. The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)

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16. Lord of the Flies

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17. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night...

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18. Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics)

19. Winnie the Pooh 80th Anniversary Edition

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20. Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics)

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21. The Wind in the Willows

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22. Gone with the Wind

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23. Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)

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24. The Time Traveler's Wife

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25. The Lovely Bones

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26. The Prophet

27. David Copperfield (Penguin Classics)

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28. The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your ...

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29. The Master and Margarita

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30. Life of Pi

31. Middlemarch (Penguin Classics)

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32. The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)

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33. A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics)

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34. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Peng...

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MLA's 30 Books Every Adult Should Read Before They Die

United Kingdom – "A World Book Day poll conducted by the Museum, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), in which librarians around the country were asked the question, ‘Which book should every adult read before they die?’ "

Note: Some selections are trilogies, so there are actually more than 30 works on the list.

Source: http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1721526,00.html


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