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Personal Literary Bucket List

Inspired by the "Year of Reading Dangerously", this is a list of books I've been meaning to read for too many years, or that I only read part of, or can't remember, or that I promised my parents or friends I would read some day, but haven't gotten round to yet.
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American Wife (Curtis Sittenfeld)
American Wife
1
Curtis Sittenfeld
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
2
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
3
Agatha Christie
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
4
Frank McCourt
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
5
Leo Tolstoy
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
6
William Faulkner
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
7
Ayn Rand
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
8
Blankets (Craig Thompson)
Blankets
9
Craig Thompson
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
10
Evelyn Waugh
The Chosen
The Chosen
11
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
12
John Wyndham
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
13
Anthony Burgess
Collapse
Collapse
14
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
15
Elizabeth Gilbert
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
16
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Euphoria (Lily King)
Euphoria
17
Lily King
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
18
Chuck Palahniuk
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
19
Mary Shelley
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
20
John Steinbeck
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
21
Charles Dickens
Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13000
Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13000
22
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
23
Helen MacDonald
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
24
Shirley Jackson
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
25
Carson McCullers
The Hot Zone (Richard Preston)
The Hot Zone
26
Richard Preston
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
27
Dodie Smith
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset)
Kristin Lavransdatter
28
Sigrid Undset
Lake Wobegon Days
Lake Wobegon Days
29
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
30
Ursula K. Le Guin
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
31
Louisa May Alcott
Lucifer's Hammer (Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle)
Lucifer's Hammer
32
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
33
Salman Rushdie
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
34
Virginia Woolf
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (Gloria Steinem)
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
35
Gloria Steinem
The Passage (Justin Cronin)
The Passage
36
Justin Cronin
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lighting Thief (Rick Riordan)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lighting Thief
37
Rick Riordan
The Power of Myth
The Power of Myth
38
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
39
John Updike
Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes
40
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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