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An Epically Curated Bookshelf of Classics, Mostly

Well-read people have read these books. And I own them. But I haven't read all of them. Circa Summer 2016.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
2
Jules Verne
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
3
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
4
Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
5
Edith Wharton
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
6
Paulo Coelho
An Equal Music (Vikram Seth)
An Equal Music
7
Vikram Seth
Andersen's Fairy Tales
Andersen's Fairy Tales
8
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
9
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
10
Leo Tolstoy
Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
11
Anonymous
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
12
Anna Sewell
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
13
Tina Fey
The Bostonians (Henry James)
The Bostonians
14
Henry James
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
15
Aldous Huxley
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
16
Jack London
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
17
Voltaire
Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can
18
Collected Short Stories (Anthony Trollope)
Collected Short Stories
19
Anthony Trollope
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
20
John Kennedy Toole
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
21
Mark Twain
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
22
Alexandre Dumas
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
23
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
24
Mark Haddon
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
25
Charles Dickens
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
26
Willa Cather
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
27
Erik Larson
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
28
Miguel De Cervantes
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
29
James Joyce
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
30
John Steinbeck
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
31
Jane Austen
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
32
Richard Russo
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
33
Edith Wharton
Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
Eva Luna
34
Isabel Allende
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
35
Thomas Hardy
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
Farewell to Arms
36
Ernest Hemingway
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
37
J.R.R. Tolkien
Finding Laura Buggs (Stanley Gordon West)
Finding Laura Buggs
38
Stanley Gordon West
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
39
Daniel Keyes
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
40
Mary Shelley
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