Definitely War and Peace. Also,
Huxley. Brave New World.
Koestler. Darkness at Noon.
Michels. Political Parties. Well, I read it as a student and it had a profound effect on me.
Hardy. The Return of the Native/The Woodlanders. The only two Hardy novels I still haven't caught up with.
Plato. The Republic.
London. The Iron Heel.
Adams. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Honest, I must be the only individual in the English speaking world who has never read The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings.Honest, I must be the only individual in the English speaking world who has never read The Lord of the Rings.
Golding. Lord of The Flies. Honest, I must be............. Yeah, yeah.
Lee. To Kill a Mocking Bird.
Dostoevsky. Crime And Punishment.
Shokolov. And Quiet Flows the Don.
Marx. Capital. Harold Wilson once said he couldn't get past page 3. All I can say is I made it all the way to page 20.
Homer. The Iliad and The Odyssey. My God, that is a serious oversight.
Darwin. Origin of Species.
Defoe. Tour Through The Whole Island of Great Britain.
Cobbett. Rural Rides.
Hurston. Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Merriman. The Midnight Court.