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Classics and Backlist Books to Read ASAP - Page 2

This is a TBR list that I created for 2022. Maybe you want to read some of these older titles too.
I will also create a part 2 showing some of the classics and backlist books I have read recently. Stay tuned.
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Cry the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry the Beloved Country
41
Alan Paton
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
42
Aldous Huxley
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
43
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
44
Alexandre Dumas
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
45
Alice Sebold
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
46
Ann Patchett
The Gathering (Anne Enright)
The Gathering
47
Anne Enright
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
48
Anthony Burgess
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
49
Arthur Golden
Sacred Hunger (Barry Unsworth)
Sacred Hunger
50
Barry Unsworth
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
51
C.S. Lewis
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
52
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
53
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
54
Daniel Defoe
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
55
Doris Lessing
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
56
Douglas Adams
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
57
E.M. Forster
Wives and Daughters (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Wives and Daughters
58
Elizabeth Gaskell
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (Elizabeth Taylor)
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
59
Elizabeth Taylor
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
60
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
61
Franz Kafka
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
62
George Eliot
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
63
Hanya Yanagihara
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
64
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
65
Henry David Thoreau
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
66
Henry James
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
67
Herman Melville
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
68
Homer
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
69
Ian McEwan
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
70
Jack Kerouac
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
71
James Baldwin
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
72
Jeffrey Eugenides
Rabbit, Run (John Apdike)
Rabbit, Run
73
John Apdike
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
74
John Knowles
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
75
John Steinbeck
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Johnson, James Weldon)
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
76
Johnson, James Weldon
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
77
Jonathan Franzen
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels
78
Jonathan Swift
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
79
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
80
Keri Hulme
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