Top 100 fiction books

These are the top 100 most recommended fiction books from the world's most successful and interesting people.

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

1984

1984

George Orwell

Harry Potter

Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling

Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

Siddhartha

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Ender's Game

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

The Martian

The Martian

Andy Weir

Ready Player One

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Foundation

Foundation

Isaac Asimov

The Hobbit

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Little Women

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

The Road

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

Conversations with Friends

Conversations with Friends

Sally Rooney

The Overstory

The Overstory

Richard Powers

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

Normal People

Normal People

Sally Rooney

His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials

Philip Pullman

A Little Life

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

East of Eden

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Shantaram

Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach

The Diamond Age

The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson

Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

Lolita

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

Seveneves

Seveneves

Neal Stephenson

One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole

Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

Exhalation

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

Tenth of December

Tenth of December

George Saunders

A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

Stories of Your Life and Others

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera

All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

War and Peace

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

The Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

Pachinko

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

The Prophet

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

The Player of Games

The Player of Games

Iain M. Banks

An American Marriage

An American Marriage

Tayari Jones

Such a Fun Age

Such a Fun Age

Kiley ReidI

The Stand

The Stand

Stephen King

The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

Exit West

Exit West

Mohsin Hamid

Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

The Last Days of Night

The Last Days of Night

Graham Moore

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Mohsin Hamid

Einstein's Dreams

Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman

Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut

Sula

Sula

Toni Morrison

Dark Matter

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

Gone Girl

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

A Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin

The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

Fight Club

Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk

Consider Phlebas

Consider Phlebas

Iain M. Banks

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

The Power

The Power

Naomi Alderman

The Art of Fielding

The Art of Fielding

Chad Harbach

Goodnight Moon

Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown

The Circle

The Circle

Dave Eggers

The Stranger

The Stranger

Albert Camus

The Prince

The Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli

The Godfather

The Godfather

Mario Puzo

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

On the Road

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

A Fine Balance

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

The Trial

The Trial

Franz Kafka

The Idiot

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Blood Meridian

Blood Meridian

Cormac Mccarthy

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