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Goodreads' 350 Favorite Books to Read in a Lifetime

This is a book list which is kind of challenging for me. It's a collection that everybody should read in a lifetime. I've already read a lot of them, but want to read the rest before I turn 40. So, do you also want to try? Here you go....
So many books so little time.
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avg. score: 76 of 350 (22%)
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14,000 Things to Be Happy About (Barbara Ann Kipfer)
14,000 Things to Be Happy About
1
Barbara Ann Kipfer
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
1Q84 1 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84 1
3
Haruki Murakami
1Q84 2 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84 2
4
Haruki Murakami
1Q84 3 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84 3
5
Haruki Murakami
95 Pounds of Hope (Anna Gavalda)
95 Pounds of Hope
6
Anna Gavalda
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
7
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio
8
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
9
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
10
Mark Twain
After Dark - Haruki Murakami
After Dark - Haruki Murakami
11
After the Quake - Haruki Murakami
After the Quake - Haruki Murakami
12
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
13
Edith Wharton
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
14
Lewis Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
15
Erich Maria Remarque
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
16
Neil Gaiman
American Psycho
American Psycho
17
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
18
An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband
19
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
20
Khaled Hosseini
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
21
Agatha Christie
Andersen's Fairy Tales
Andersen's Fairy Tales
22
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
23
Frank McCourt
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
24
George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
25
L.M. Montgomery
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
26
Leo Tolstoy
Arch of Triumph (Erich Maria Remarque)
Arch of Triumph
27
Erich Maria Remarque
The Art of Loving
The Art of Loving
28
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
29
William Faulkner
At the Heart of the White Rose: The Letters and Diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl (Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Inge Jens)
At the Heart of the White Rose: The Letters and Diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl
30
Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Inge Jens
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
31
Ian McEwan
August Is a Wicked Month (Edna O'Brien)
August Is a Wicked Month
32
Edna O'Brien
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
33
Kate Chopin
Ballet Shoes (Noel Streatfeild)
Ballet Shoes
34
Noel Streatfeild
Beezus and Ramona
Beezus and Ramona
35
Before Adam (Jack London)
Before Adam
36
Jack London
Before I Die (Jenny Downham)
Before I Die
37
Jenny Downham
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami
38
Guy De Maupassant
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
39
Sylvia Plath
Beside the Sea (Véronique Olmi)
Beside the Sea
40
Véronique Olmi
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