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Becoming Well Read: Classics

It takes more than reading a few classics to become well read. Ideally one should read widely, across all genres.
In a bid to help myself get a little closer to being able to consider myself well read, I'm putting together a collection of TBR lists - of 50 books each - the reading of which should help get me a little closer to my goal. I naturally veer more towards some genres and not others (I tend to avoid romance and Young adult, for example), and I'm hoping this will help get me on track a little more.
If any obvious examples are missing from certain lists, there's a very good chance I'll have read it already.
This list contains classics and modern classics.
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Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
5
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther
6
Mary Barton (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Mary Barton (Elizabeth Gaskell)
7
Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
8
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset)
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset)
9
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
10
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
11
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
12
Vilette
Vilette
13
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
14
Henderson the Rain King
Henderson the Rain King
15
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
16
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
17
Effi Briest (Theodor Fontane)
Effi Briest (Theodor Fontane)
18
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
19
A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
20
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
21
Memento Mori (Muriel Spark)
Memento Mori (Muriel Spark)
22
A Tale of a Tub
A Tale of a Tub
23
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)
24
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
25
At Swim, Two Boys
At Swim, Two Boys
26
Germinal (Emile Zola)
Germinal (Emile Zola)
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Uncle Silas (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Uncle Silas (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
28
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
29
Night and Day (Virginia Woolf)
Night and Day (Virginia Woolf)
30
Bel Ami (Maupassant)
Bel Ami (Maupassant)
31
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
32
Go Down, Moses (William Faulkner)
Go Down, Moses (William Faulkner)
33
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
34
Dirty Havana Trilogy
Dirty Havana Trilogy
35
Cakes and Ale (W. Somerset Maugham)
Cakes and Ale (W. Somerset Maugham)
36
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
37
The Path to the Nest of Spiders (Italo Calvino)
The Path to the Nest of Spiders (Italo Calvino)
38
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
39
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
40
Coming Up for Air (George Orwell)
Coming Up for Air (George Orwell)
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