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Fifty-Book Challenge to Read More Widely

A list of fifty books I plan to dip into over the next few years to expand my range of reading. Some are genres I have never explored and some are books I have thus far avoided.
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Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Titus Livius/Livy)
Ab Urbe Condita Libri
1
Titus Livius/Livy
Alice Munro: Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
2
Alice Munro
Aubrey's Brief Lives (John Aubrey, Oliver Lawson-Dick (Editor))
Aubrey's Brief Lives
3
John Aubrey, Oliver Lawson-Dick (Editor)
Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Braiding Sweetgrass
4
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
5
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Cicero's First Catilinarian (Ed Geoffrey Steadman)
Cicero's First Catilinarian
6
Ed Geoffrey Steadman
Clouds of Witness (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Clouds of Witness
7
Dorothy L. Sayers
Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie)
Death on the Nile
8
Agatha Christie
Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Diary of a Young Girl
9
Anne Frank
First Nights at the Opera (Thomas Forrest Kelly)
First Nights at the Opera
10
Thomas Forrest Kelly
First Nights: Five Musical Premiers (Thomas Forrest Kelly)
First Nights: Five Musical Premiers
11
Thomas Forrest Kelly
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
12
John Fowles
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
13
George R.R. Martin
A Heart So White (Javier Marías)
A Heart So White
14
Javier Marías
A History of Opera (Carolyn Abbate & Roger Parker)
A History of Opera
15
Carolyn Abbate & Roger Parker
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
16
Ray Bradbury
In the Darkroom (Susan Faludi)
In the Darkroom
17
Susan Faludi
The Incal
The Incal
18
Labyrinth (Kate Mosse)
Labyrinth
19
Kate Mosse
Leaving the Atocha Station (Ben Lerner)
Leaving the Atocha Station
20
Ben Lerner
The Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume II: 1956-1963 (Sylvia Plath)
The Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume II: 1956-1963
21
Sylvia Plath
A Long Petal of the Sea (Isabel Allende)
A Long Petal of the Sea
22
Isabel Allende
Love in a Cold Climate (Nancy Mitford)
Love in a Cold Climate
23
Nancy Mitford
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
24
Gabriel García Márquez
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
25
Ray Bradbury
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
26
Art Spiegelman
Metropolis (Thea Von Harbou)
Metropolis
27
Thea Von Harbou
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
28
George Eliot
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
29
Ann Radcliffe
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
30
Elie Wiesel
The Nine Tailors (Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Nine Tailors
31
Dorothy L. Sayers
Not Without Laughter (Langston Hughes)
Not Without Laughter
32
Langston Hughes
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
33
Jeanette Winterson
Palestine
Palestine
34
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
35
Charles Dickens
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus
36
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Rainbow (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
37
D.H. Lawrence
Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey)
Riders of the Purple Sage
38
Zane Grey
Romola (George Eliot)
Romola
39
George Eliot
Shane (Jack Schaefer)
Shane
40
Jack Schaefer
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