A World in Pages’ Books to Read Before You Die

Declaring a book as one you should read before you die, is not something we take lightly. Too many books on a lot of these types of lists are classics that we’ve all said we’ve read but never have. Our list is a mix of books that can be considered hard-hitting or moral lessons and books that are just fun to read and take you away from the mundane.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Great Gatsby by F.Scott.Fitzgerald

Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Alison

Paper Butterflies by Lisa Heathfield

If We Were Villains by M.L.Rio

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

1984 by George Orwell

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

iBoy by Kevin Brooks