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On Writing by Stephen  KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Bird by Bird by Anne LamottWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollDracula by Bram StokerThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Pre-Tolkien Fantasy
382 books — 366 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
746 books — 1,815 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwinالقرآن الكريم by AnonymousThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,286 voters
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940 books — 1,096 voters

Stoner by John  WilliamsChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy CasaresA Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
New York Review Books - Classics
532 books — 891 voters