1. The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco
2. The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
3. Lord of the Flies – William Golding
4. The Color Purple – Alice Walker
5. And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie
6. Perfume – Patrick Suskind
7. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay – Michael Chabon
8. Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote
9. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky
10. The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
11. If This is a Man – Primo Levi
12. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales – Oliver Sacks
13. House of Leaves – Mark Z. Danielewski
14. I Capture the Castle – Dodie Smith
15. Life of Pi – Yann Martel
16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
17. A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
18. If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things – Jon McGregor
19. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
20. The Power of One – Bryce Courtenay
21. I Know This Much is True – Wally Lamb
22. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne
23. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Charles Lutwig Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)
24. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
25. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck