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Books to Read in Retirement (Maybe)

These are books that I think I would like but that I have not read yet due to them being more literary in nature than the mysteries and suspense novels I usually enjoy. I figure if I read a few of them a year when I'm retired, it will give my reading more depth.
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
1
Dave Eggers
A Jest of God
A Jest of God
2
A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
3
Arthur Conan Doyle
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
4
Sinclair Lewis
Blonde (Joyce Carol Oates)
Blonde
5
Joyce Carol Oates
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
6
Frank Herbert
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
7
Jonathan Safran Foer
Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch
8
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
9
Daniel Keyes
Fugitive Pieces (Anne Michaels)
Fugitive Pieces
10
Anne Michaels
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
Lost Horizon
11
James Hilton
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
12
Roald Dahl
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
13
Kazuo Ishiguro
Piccadilly Jim
Piccadilly Jim
14
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
15
Daphne Du Maurier
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
16
Lisa See
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky)
Suite Française
17
Irène Némirovsky
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
18
Toni Morrison
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
19
Tom Wolfe
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
20
John Boyne
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
21
The Colour Purple (Alice Walker)
The Colour Purple
22
Alice Walker
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
23
Alexandre Dumas
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
24
Jeannette Walls
The Good Earth
The Good Earth
25
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
26
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Millstone
The Millstone
27
The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Return of the King
28
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Two Towers
29
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
30
Jeffrey Eugenides
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
31
Lionel Shriver
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
32
Cheryl Strayed
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
33
Ken Kesey
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
34
Alexandre Dumas
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
35
Ann Patchett
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
36
Arthur Golden
Falling Angels (Barbara Gowdy)
Falling Angels
37
Barbara Gowdy
The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
The Stone Diaries
38
Carol Shields
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
39
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
40
Charles Dickens
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