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Books to Read - 30 Before 30 (From the Telegraph 100 Novels Everyone Should Read)

These are the books I have set myself to read before I turn 30, from the Telegraph. I have 2 years and 9 months left.
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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
1
J.R.R. Tolkien
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
The Home and the World (Rabindranath Tagore)
The Home and the World
3
Rabindranath Tagore
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
4
Douglas Adams
One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
One Thousand and One Nights
5
Anonymous
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
6
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
7
Salman Rushdie
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
8
John Le Carré
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
9
Stella Gibbons
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
10
Murasaki Shikibu
Under the Net (Iris Murdoch)
Under the Net
11
Iris Murdoch
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
12
Doris Lessing
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
13
Aleksandr Pushkin
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
14
Jack Kerouac
Old Goriot
Old Goriot
15
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
16
Stendhal
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
17
Alexandre Dumas
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
18
Émile Zola
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
19
Albert Camus
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
20
Umberto Eco
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
21
Peter Carey
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
22
Jean Rhys
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
23
Lewis Carroll
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
24
Joseph Heller
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
25
Franz Kafka
Cider With Rosie
Cider With Rosie
26
Waiting for the Mahatma
Waiting for the Mahatma
27
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
28
Erich Maria Remarque
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
29
The Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin
The Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin
30
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
31
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
32
Italo Calvino
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
33
J.G. Ballard
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
34
V.S. Naipaul
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
35
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
36
Boris Pasternak
The Cairo Trilogy (Naguib Mahfouz)
The Cairo Trilogy
37
Naguib Mahfouz
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
38
Robert Louis Stevenson
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
39
Jonathan Swift
My Name Is Red (Orhan Pamuk)
My Name Is Red
40
Orhan Pamuk
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