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From Zero to Well Read in 100 Books - Page 3

"Well-read" for this person then has a number of connotations: a familiarity with the monuments of Western literature, an at least passing interest in the high-points of world literature, a willingness to experience a breadth of genres, a special interest in the work of one's immediate culture, a desire to share in the same reading experiences of many other readers, and an emphasis on the writing of the current day.
The following 100 books (of fiction, poetry, and drama) is an attempt to satisfy those competing requirements. After going through several iterations of the list, one thing surprised me: there are not as many "classic" books that I associate with the moniker well-read, and many more current books than I would have thought. Conversely, to be conversant in the literature of the day turned out to be quite a bit more important than I would have thought.
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Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
82
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
83
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
84
The Sound and the Fury (Faulkner, William)
The Sound and the Fury (Faulkner, William)
85
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand (Stephen King)
86
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
87
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
88
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
89
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
90
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
91
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
92
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
93
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
94
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
95
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
96
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
97
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
98
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
99
Nineteen Eighty Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty Four (George Orwell)
100
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
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