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Reading List Challenge - Classic to Contemporary

Set reading goal of 1-4 books per month to complete most or all of this amazing list in a two-year period.
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Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
1
Diana Gabaldon
Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Unbroken
2
Laura Hillenbrand
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
3
Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobediance
Civil Disobediance
4
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
5
Jared Diamond
Haunted Ground (Erin Hart)
Haunted Ground
6
Erin Hart
The Black Country
The Black Country
7
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
8
Kim Edwards
A Map of the World
A Map of the World
9
The Little Friend (Donna Tartt)
The Little Friend
10
Donna Tartt
The Almost Moon (Alice Sebold)
The Almost Moon
11
Alice Sebold
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
12
Barbara Ehrenreich
Skinny Legs and All (Tom Robbins)
Skinny Legs and All
13
Tom Robbins
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
14
Arthur Conan Doyle
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
15
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
16
John Steinbeck
The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
The Golden Compass
17
Philip Pullman
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
18
Margaret Mitchell
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
19
Dante Alighieri
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
20
Boris Pasternak
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
21
Charles Dickens
The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
22
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
23
Frank Herbert
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers
24
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
25
William S. Burroughs
Lady Chatterly's Lover (Lawrence, D.H.)
Lady Chatterly's Lover
26
Lawrence, D.H.
Alive (Piers Paul Read)
Alive
27
Piers Paul Read
The Temple of My Familiar (Alice Walker)
The Temple of My Familiar
28
Alice Walker
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
29
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked
30
Gregory Maguire
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
31
Laurie Halse Anderson
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
32
Jane Austen
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race The
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race The
33
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
34
Nathaniel Hawthorne
King Solomon's Mines (H. Rider Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
35
H. Rider Haggard
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
36
Daphne Du Maurier
To Build a Fire by Jack London
To Build a Fire by Jack London
37
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
38
A.S. Byatt
Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
Game of Thrones
39
George R.R. Martin
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
40
Zora Neale Hurston
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