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This document provides a list of over 200 books recommended to read by the time someone is 30 years old. It includes classic novels from authors such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Ernest Hemingway, and J.K. Rowling. The list also features many children's books by Roald Dahl as well as several books from the popular Harry Potter and Discworld series. The wide-ranging list exposes readers to acclaimed works from different genres, including fiction, classics, children's literature, and fantasy.

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To Read by The Time You

This document provides a list of over 200 books recommended to read by the time someone is 30 years old. It includes classic novels from authors such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Ernest Hemingway, and J.K. Rowling. The list also features many children's books by Roald Dahl as well as several books from the popular Harry Potter and Discworld series. The wide-ranging list exposes readers to acclaimed works from different genres, including fiction, classics, children's literature, and fantasy.

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TO READ BY THE TIME YOURE 30 !!!!

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Atonement by Ian McEwan


B

Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson

The Beach by Alex Garland

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

The BFG or Big Friendly Giant by Roald Dahl

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Bridget Joness Diary by Helen Fielding


C

Captain Corellis Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres

The Catcher in the Rye by Jerome David Salinger

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Charlottes Web by E. B. White

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon

The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat

Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl

The Dare Game by Jacqueline Wilson

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith

Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dune by Frank Herbert

Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Emma by Jane Austen

Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye

Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews

The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley


G

Georges Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl

Girls in Love by Jacqueline Wilson

Girls in Tears by Jacqueline Wilson

Girls Out Late by Jacqueline Wilson

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Goodnight, Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian

Goosebumps by R. L. Stine

Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

The Green Mile by Stephen King

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett


H

The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski


I

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson

It by Stephen King

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront

Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer

Katherine by Anya Seton

Kim by Rudyard Kipling


L

Les Misrables by Victor Hugo

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Clive Staples Lewis

The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garca Mrquez

Magician by Raymond E Feist

The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton

The Magus by John Fowles

Man and Boy by Tony Parsons

Master and Commander by Patrick OBrian

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Matilda by Roald Dahl

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Midnights Children by Salman Rushdie

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Mort by Terry Pratchett

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman


O

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garca Mrquez

Papillon by Henri Charriere

Perfume by Patrick Sskind

Persuasion by Jane Austen

The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Point Blanc by Anthony Horowitz

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Possession by A.S. Byatt

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell

Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

River God by Wilbur Smith

Secrets by Jacqueline Wilson

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 by Sue Townsend

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

Shogun by James Clavell

Silas Marner by George Eliot

The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz

Sleepovers by Jacqueline Wilson

Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence

Sophies World by Jostein Gaarder

Soul Music by Terry Pratchett

The Stand by Stephen King

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson

Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Tess of the DUrbervilles by Thomas Hardy

They Used to Play on Grass by Terry Venables and Gordon Williams

Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett

The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCollough

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Truth by Terry Pratchett

The Twits by Roald Dahl


U

Ulysses by James Joyce

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera


V

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

Watership Down by Richard Adams

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Winnie the Pooh by Alan Alexander Milne

The Witches by Roald Dahl

Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The World According to Garp by John Irving

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront

Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

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