Lifelong Learning Institute

Food For Thought

Literature
Top 100 Must Read in a Lifetime Books: The First 25
1. Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
6. The Bible
7. Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
8. Nineteen Eighty Four George Orwell
9. His Dark Materials Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations Charles Dickens
11. Little Women Louisa M Alcott
12. Tess of the DUrbervilles Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare
15. Rebecca Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit JRR Tolkien
17. Birdsong Sebastian Faulk
18. Catcher in the Rye JD Salinger
19. The Time Travelers Wife Audrey Niffenegger
20. Middlemarch George Eliot
21. Gone With The Wind Margaret Mitchell
22. The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House Charles Dickens
24. War and Peace Leo Tolstoy
25. The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams

Check back after the summer for the next 25 on the list!
Source: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1301199-100-books-you-must-read-before-you-die

Did you know that Lifelong Learning offers a variety of literature classes including world mythology, short stories,
novels, and American essays, as well as writing courses? See the website for current class
offerings. http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/wdce/ce/lifelonglearning.html

http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/wdce/ce/lifelonglearning.html
Natasha Sacks, Program Director, Lifelong Learning Institute, 240-567-1828 natasha.sacks@montgomerycollege.edu
Lynda Schrack, Program Assistant, Lifelong Learning Institute, 240-567-7909, Lynda.schrack@montgomerycollege.edu