100 Books to Read Before College - Free download as Word Doc (.doc), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This document contains a list of authors and their notable works. Some of the authors listed include William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Harper Lee, and Kurt Vonnegut. For each author, one or more of their well-known novels, plays, or collections of stories is provided.