Top 50 Books

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About this list

The Daily Telegraph, 50 Books

2,000 people voted in an online poll to determine the 50 greatest books of all time.

This list was originally published in 2008 and was added to this site about 1 year ago.

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Cover of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

Cover of 'The Lord Of The Rings' by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Lord Of The Rings

J. R. R. Tolkien

Cover of 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe' by C. S. Lewis

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Cover of 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

Cover of 'The Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code

Cover of 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Cover of 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell

Animal Farm

Cover of 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Cover of 'Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban' by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

Cover of 'Lord of the Flies' by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

Cover of 'The Time Traveler's Wife' by Audrey Niffenegger

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

Cover of 'Catch-22' by Joseph Heller

Catch-22

Cover of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' by Ken Kesey

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Cover of 'Gone With the Wind' by Margaret Mitchell

Gone With the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

Cover of 'The Lovely Bones' by Alice Sebold

The Lovely Bones

Cover of 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

Cover of 'Memoirs of a Geisha' by Arthur Golden

Memoirs of a Geisha

Cover of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' by Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Cover of 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Cover of 'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Cover of 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Cover of 'Sons and Lovers' by D. H. Lawrence

Sons and Lovers

Cover of 'Anna Karenina' by Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

Cover of 'Madame Bovary' by Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert

Cover of 'Emma' by Jane Austen

Emma

Cover of 'Birdsong' by Sebastian Faulks

Birdsong

Sebastian Faulks

Cover of 'The Catcher in the Rye' by J. D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

Cover of 'My Sister's Keeper' by Jodi Picoult

My Sister's Keeper

Cover of 'A Clockwork Orange' by Anthony Burgess

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

Cover of 'A Passage to India' by E. M. Forster

A Passage to India

Cover of 'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

Cover of 'Corelli's Mandolin' by Louis de Bernières

Corelli's Mandolin

Louis de Bernières

Cover of 'Atonement' by Ian McEwan

Atonement

Cover of 'Midnight's Children' by Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children

Cover of 'In Search of Lost Time' by Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

Cover of 'Middlemarch' by George Eliot

Middlemarch

Cover of 'White Teeth' by Zadie Smith

White Teeth

Cover of 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf

To the Lighthouse

Cover of 'It' by Stephen King

It

Cover of 'Little Women' by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

Cover of 'Vanity Fair' by William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

Cover of 'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

Cover of 'The Horse Whisperer' by Nicholas Evans

The Horse Whisperer

Cover of 'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

Cover of 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville

Moby-Dick

Herman Melville

Cover of 'Gulliver's Travels' by Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels

Cover of 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Cover of 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' by Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Cover of 'Three Men in a Boat' by Jerome K. Jerome

Three Men in a Boat

Jerome K. Jerome

Cover of 'The Island' by Victoria Hislop

The Island

Victoria Hislop