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Classics Actually Read (As a College Freshman)

An incomplete list of the books I read before college, some required for school, but most based on personal taste that have stuck with me the most.
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100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
The 39 Steps (John Buchan)
The 39 Steps
3
John Buchan
After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
After Dark
4
Haruki Murakami
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
5
Bret Easton Ellis
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
6
Leo Tolstoy
The Antiquary (Sir Walter Scott)
The Antiquary
7
Sir Walter Scott
The Archaeology of Knowledge & the Discourse on Language (Michel Foucault)
The Archaeology of Knowledge & the Discourse on Language
8
Michel Foucault
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
9
William Faulkner
Beartown (Fredrik Backman)
Beartown
10
Fredrik Backman
The Beautiful and the Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and the Damned
11
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beekeeper of Aleppo (Christy Lefteri)
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
12
Christy Lefteri
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
13
Sylvia Plath
Betting on the Muse: Sories & Poems (Charles Bukowski)
Betting on the Muse: Sories & Poems
14
Charles Bukowski
Black Swans (Eve Babitz)
Black Swans
15
Eve Babitz
The Book Theif (Markus Zusak)
The Book Theif
16
Markus Zusak
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
17
Trevor Noah
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisted (Aldous Huxley; Foreword by Christopher Hitchens)
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisted
18
Aldous Huxley; Foreword by Christopher Hitchens
Breast and Eggs (Mieko Kawakami, Sam Bett, David Boyd)
Breast and Eggs
19
Mieko Kawakami, Sam Bett, David Boyd
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
20
Junot Diaz
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
21
Madeline Miller
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
22
Haruki Murakami
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
23
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Discipline and Punish (Michel Foucault)
Discipline and Punish
24
Michel Foucault
A Dolls House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Dolls House
25
Henrik Ibsen
The Double (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Double
26
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Drew Barrymore - Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor E Frankl)
Drew Barrymore - Man's Search for Meaning
27
Viktor E Frankl
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
28
Joyce
The Dud Avocado (Elaine Dundy)
The Dud Avocado
29
Elaine Dundy
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
30
Jane Austen
Ending Up (Kingsley Amis)
Ending Up
31
Kingsley Amis
Eve's Hollywood (Eve Babitz)
Eve's Hollywood
32
Eve Babitz
Four Quartets (T.S. Eliot)
Four Quartets
33
T.S. Eliot
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
34
Mary Shelley
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
35
J.D. Salinger
Funny Weather (Olivia Laing)
Funny Weather
36
Olivia Laing
Ghosts of My Life (Mark Fisher)
Ghosts of My Life
37
Mark Fisher
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
38
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
39
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
40
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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