The greatest books are defined as classics for a reason. Written by the greatest literary minds of their time, they have universal themes, characters, experiences, emotions and perspectives that are still relevant today. Some of them are the very inspiration from which entire modern genres of literary fiction have sprung up from.
1. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
2. 1984, by George Orwell
3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling
4. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
7. The Diary Of A Young Girl, by Anne Frank
8. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
9. The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
10. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
11. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
12. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
15. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
16. Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White
17. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
18. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
19. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
20. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
21. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
22. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
23. Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare
24. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
25. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
26. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
27. Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
28. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
29. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
30. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut