of Solitude; The Lord of the Rings; Pillars of the Earth; One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich; Black Boy (or Native Son by the same author; I prefer Black Boy because it’s an autobiography, not fiction); The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich; Lord of the Flies; Animal Farm.

I didn’t include any religious books, as those are kind of a separate category and are somewhat obvious, depending on one’s religious views.