Fifty Iconic Books

Classic Adventures & Timeless Tales

1. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll

2. The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien

3. The Chronicles of Narnia (series) – C.S. Lewis

4. Peter Pan – J.M. Barrie

5. Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson

Fantasy & Sci-Fi Wonders

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J.K. Rowling

2. The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman

3. A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle

4. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins

5. Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card

Thought-Provoking Dystopias

1. Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury

2. 1984 – George Orwell

3. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley

4. The Giver – Lois Lowry

5. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

Magical Realism & Imagination

1. The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern

2. Stardust – Neil Gaiman

3. Coraline – Neil Gaiman

4. Life of Pi – Yann Martel

5. One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez

Mystery & Thrills

1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson

2. And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie

3. The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown

4. Sherlock Holmes (series) – Arthur Conan Doyle

5. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier

Young Adult & Coming of Age

1. Anne of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery

2. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott

3. The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton

4. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky

Epic Tales & Historical Fiction

1. Les Misérables – Victor Hugo

2. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak

3. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini

4. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

5. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë

Modern & Literary Fiction

1. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger

2. Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens

3. The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafón

4. Circe – Madeline Miller

5. The Midnight Library – Matt Haig

Powerful & Thought-Provoking Books

1. Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse

2. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho

3. The Road – Cormac McCarthy

4. Lord of the Flies – William Golding

5. The Stranger – Albert Camus

Books that Spark Imagination & Joy

1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl

2. Matilda – Roald Dahl

3. Winnie-the-Pooh – A.A. Milne

4. Good Omens – Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

5. The Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster