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Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
My Essential 25
16 books — 16 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Book Bucket List
78 books — 16 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughThe Lover by Marguerite Duras
Girl Canon
50 books — 14 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerThe Raven by Edgar Allan PoeThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Essential Goth Literature
25 books — 13 voters

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Just The Essentials
28 books — 5 voters
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 9 Vols by Abraham LincolnParting the Waters by Taylor BranchThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroThe Fire Next Time by James BaldwinAndy Grove by Richard S. Tedlow
WIRED Magazine - President Obama's Essential Reads
10 books — 1 voter

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Communist Manifesto [Feb 01, 2018] Marx, Karl by Karl MarxThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyCrito by PlatoThus Spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None by Friedrich Nietzsche
Essential Philosophy Reads
9 books — 1 voter

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