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

Harry Potter

Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

1984

1984

George Orwell

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Siddhartha

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

The Hobbit

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Martian

The Martian

Andy Weir

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

The Diamond Age

The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson

Ender's Game

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

Foundation

Foundation

Isaac Asimov

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach

Shantaram

Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts

One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera

The Prophet

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

East of Eden

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials

Philip Pullman

Ready Player One

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

War and Peace

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

Lolita

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

Tenth of December

Tenth of December

George Saunders

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

Normal People

Normal People

Sally Rooney

Little Women

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

Conversations with Friends

Conversations with Friends

Sally Rooney

The Prince

The Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli

The Road

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

Stories of Your Life and Others

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

A Fine Balance

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

An American Marriage

An American Marriage

Tayari Jones

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Mohsin Hamid

Shōgun

Shōgun

James Clavell

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

A Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin

A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut

Fight Club

Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk

Pachinko

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

Sula

Sula

Toni Morrison

The Art of Fielding

The Art of Fielding

Chad Harbach

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

The Trial

The Trial

Franz Kafka

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

Exhalation

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

Dark Matter

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

Exit West

Exit West

Mohsin Hamid

Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

The Stand

The Stand

Stephen King

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

On the Road

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Robert A. Heinlein

The Player of Games

The Player of Games

Iain M. Banks

Watchmen

Watchmen

Alan Moore

Cumulus

Cumulus

Eliot Peper

Einstein's Dreams

Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson

Gates of Fire

Gates of Fire

Steven Pressfield

Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

Musashi

Musashi

Eiji Yoshikawa

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Dr. Seuss

Seveneves

Seveneves

Neal Stephenson

Sum

Sum

David Eagleman

The Corrections

The Corrections

Jonathan Franzen

The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Anonymous

The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars

John Green

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

The Iliad

The Iliad

Homer

A Little Life

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

Americanah

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Blood Meridian

Blood Meridian

Cormac Mccarthy

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