Classics: 30 Books You Should Read At Least Once

As much as I love a new or recently published book, I still thoroughly enjoy a great classic novel. Many on this list are assigned to be read as part of the curriculum in High school English class... I must admit, I've come to appreciate them much more after re-reading them as an adult. Some are better than others, as with any other genre of books, but they're called classics for a reason ;)

In no particular order, here is a list of 30 classic novels you should read at least once in your life.

- Colleen

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

2. Emma by Jane Austen

3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

4. Animal Farm by George Orwell

5. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

6. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

7. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

8. Dracula by Bram Stoker

9. The Princess Bride by William Goldman

10. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

11. The Color Purple by Alice Walker

12. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

13. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

14. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

15. Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

16. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

17. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

18. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

19. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

20. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

21. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

22. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

23. The Odyssey by Homer

24. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

25. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

26. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien 27. 1984 by George Orwell

28. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

29. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

30. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde