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#Markd9528's Filling in the Gaps

These are fiction books that I have not yet read but appear on numerous "How to Be Well-Read" list challenges.
This could best be described as a heavyweight challenge. Perhaps a decade is a realistic time frame for completing most of these.
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2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
Roberto Bolano
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
William Faulkner
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The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
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The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
Virgil
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
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All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
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The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
Henry James
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American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
Philip Roth
10
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
Theodore Dreiser
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Arabian Nights' Entertainments (Anonymous)
Arabian Nights' Entertainments
Anonymous
12
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
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Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
W.G. Sebald
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
Anonymous
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Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
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Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
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Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
20
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
Thomas Mann
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The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
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The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
Franz Kafka
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The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
Stendhal
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Chronicles of Narnia Series (C.S. Lewis)
Chronicles of Narnia Series
C.S. Lewis
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
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Collected Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Collected Fictions
Jorge Luis Borges
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The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Allen Poe
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The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
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David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
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Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
Nikolai Gogol
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The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio
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Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
35
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
Thomas Mann
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Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago
37
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
38
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
39
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
Frank Herbert
40
Faust (Goethe)
Faust (Goethe)
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