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30 Classics to Read Before 30

I turned 25 earlier this year and this is the list of classics that I would like before turning 30! The list makes an effort to include books that focus on queer people, people of color and disabled people. The list is in no way exhaustive, just books that I'm most excited about now with few pieces meant to challenge me.
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If Not, Winter (Sappho)
If Not, Winter
1
Sappho
The Book of the City of Ladies (Christine De Pizan)
The Book of the City of Ladies
2
Christine De Pizan
Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance (Sarah Roche-Mahdi (Translator))
Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance
3
Sarah Roche-Mahdi (Translator)
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
4
William Shakespeare
The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World (Margaret Cavendish)
The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World
5
Margaret Cavendish
Mary: A Fiction (Mary Wollstonecraft)
Mary: A Fiction
6
Mary Wollstonecraft
Evelina (Frances Burney)
Evelina
7
Frances Burney
Belinda (Maria Edgeworth)
Belinda
8
Maria Edgeworth
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
9
Jane Austen
Valperga (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Valperga
10
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Last Man (Mary Shelley)
The Last Man
11
Mary Shelley
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
12
William Makepeace Thackeray
Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens)
Little Dorrit
13
Charles Dickens
Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
14
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Bronte)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
15
Anne Bronte
Aurora Leigh (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
Aurora Leigh
16
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
17
Wilkie Collins
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (Mary Seacole)
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
18
Mary Seacole
Are They Women? (Aimee Duc)
Are They Women?
19
Aimee Duc
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
20
Virginia Woolf
Bliss (Katherine Mansfield)
Bliss
21
Katherine Mansfield
Sultana's Dream and Pandmarag (Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain)
Sultana's Dream and Pandmarag
22
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
23
J.M. Barrie
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
24
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Herland Trilogy (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Herland Trilogy
25
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
26
Nella Larsen
The Awakening: A Solitary Story (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening: A Solitary Story
27
Kate Chopin
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
28
Jean Rhys
The World I Live in & Optimism (Helen Keller)
The World I Live in & Optimism
29
Helen Keller
A Very Easy Death (Simone De Beauvoir)
A Very Easy Death
30
Simone De Beauvoir
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