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800+ Books to Read in a Lifetime TBR

I believe this challenge makes a quality mid-size lifetime TBR. It consists of the better books I have already read and can recommend, along with some of the more "essential" books on my personal TBRs. I have added a few dozen extra works by contemporary authors to round out the challenge.
The challenge could be reduced in size somewhat by omitting categories you might not enjoy eg. modern foreign language fiction, children's works etc.
Message to other book list publishers only: PLEASE do NOT put spaces between initials in an author's name when creating a new icon.
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Now We Are Six (A. A. Milne)
Now We Are Six
1
A. A. Milne
The House at Pooh Corner (A.A. Milne)
The House at Pooh Corner
2
A.A. Milne
When We Were Very Young (A.A. Milne)
When We Were Very Young
3
A.A. Milne
Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Winnie the Pooh
4
A.A. Milne
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
5
A.S. Byatt
Manon Lescaut (Abbé Prévost)
Manon Lescaut
6
Abbé Prévost
Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)
Prometheus Bound
7
Aeschylus
The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia
8
Aeschylus
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
9
Aesop
Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie)
Death on the Nile
10
Agatha Christie
Evil Under the Sun (Agatha Christie)
Evil Under the Sun
11
Agatha Christie
Murder in Mesopotamia (Agatha Christie)
Murder in Mesopotamia
12
Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
13
Agatha Christie
Poirot Investigates (Agatha Christie)
Poirot Investigates
14
Agatha Christie
The Body in the Library (Agatha Christie)
The Body in the Library
15
Agatha Christie
The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side (Agatha Christie)
The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side
16
Agatha Christie
The Moving Finger (Agatha Christie)
The Moving Finger
17
Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
18
Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
19
Agatha Christie
They Do It With Mirrors (Agatha Christie)
They Do It With Mirrors
20
Agatha Christie
And Then Were None (Agatha Cristie)
And Then Were None
21
Agatha Cristie
A Question of Attribution (Alan Bennett)
A Question of Attribution
22
Alan Bennett
An Englishman Abroad (Alan Bennett)
An Englishman Abroad
23
Alan Bennett
The Lady in the Van (Alan Bennett)
The Lady in the Van
24
Alan Bennett
The Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)
The Uncommon Reader
25
Alan Bennett
I Can Jump Puddles (Alan Marshall)
I Can Jump Puddles
26
Alan Marshall
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
27
Alan Paton
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
28
Albert Camus
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
29
Albert Camus
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
30
Albert Camus
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
31
Aldous Huxley
Crome Yellow (Aldous Huxley)
Crome Yellow
32
Aldous Huxley
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
33
Aleksandr Pushkin
Tears of the Giraffe (Alexander McCall Smith)
Tears of the Giraffe
34
Alexander McCall Smith
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
35
Alexander McCall Smith
The Sunday Philosophy Club (Alexander McCall Smith)
The Sunday Philosophy Club
36
Alexander McCall Smith
Cancer Ward (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
37
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
38
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
39
Alexandre Dumas
Laurinda (Alice Pung)
Laurinda
40
Alice Pung
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