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Books That Will Make You WELL-READ

For anyone who wants to attain the vaunted title of “being well-read,” it’s more about breadth than depth. (As for feeling well-read, read the postscript.)
To “feel” well-read in literature, it’s all about the categories, not the books themselves. Read a few books in a few different genres, time periods, points of views. I’ve thrown in a few controversial books, just so you know what all of the fuss is about.
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
Homer
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A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
3
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
4
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
5
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
7
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
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The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.Tolkien
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The Foundation Series
The Foundation Series
10
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
William Gibson
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
12
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
13
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
14
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
15
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
16
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
17
A Song of Ice and Fire
A Song of Ice and Fire
18
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
19
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James
20
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri
21
Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
22
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Julia Alvarez)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Julia Alvarez
23
Ramayana
Ramayana
24
The Romance of Three Kingdoms by Shi Naian
The Romance of Three Kingdoms by Shi Naian
25
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
26
To Live (Yu Hua)
To Live
Yu Hua
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
28
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
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