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100 Books to Read in a Lifetime

This is a list of books that I would like to finish reading within the next few years to broaden my literature knowledge.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
2
Dave Eggers
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
3
Stephen Hawking
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
4
Ishmael Beah
The Bad Beginning (Lemony Snicket)
The Bad Beginning
5
Lemony Snicket
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
6
Madeleine L'engle
Alice Munro: Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
7
Alice Munro
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
8
Lewis Carroll
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
9
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
10
Frank McCourt
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
11
Judy Blume
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
12
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
13
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race The
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race The
14
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
15
Edwidge Danticat
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
16
Joseph Heller
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
17
Roald Dahl
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
18
E.B. White
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
19
Abraham Verghese
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We
20
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
21
Jeff Kinney
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
22
Frank Herbert
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
23
Ray Bradbury
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
24
Hunter S. Thompson
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
25
Gillian Flynn
Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
Goodnight Moon
26
Margaret Wise Brown
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
27
Charles Dickens
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
28
Jared Diamond
Harry Potter (Jk Rowling)
Harry Potter
29
Jk Rowling
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
30
Truman Capote
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
31
Jhumpa Lahiri
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
32
The Smartest Kid on Earth (Jimmy Corrigan)
The Smartest Kid on Earth
33
Jimmy Corrigan
Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential
34
Anthony Bourdain
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
35
Kate Atkinson
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie
36
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
37
Vladimir Nabokov
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
38
Gabriel García Márquez
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
39
Louise Erdrich
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
40
Viktor Frankl
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