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50 Books to Read Before 40

My personal to-do list over the next decade. Some I have already read, the others are what I assume to be essential reading.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
John O'Hara
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
9
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
10
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
11
Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
12
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor
13
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
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The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
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Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
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Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
Frank Herbert
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East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
19
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Italo Calvino
25
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
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Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
28
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
29
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
30
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
31
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
32
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
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Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
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The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco
36
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
37
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
38
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
40
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
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