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The 65 Book Challenge

65 books from "600 Books to Be Considered Very Well-Read" that I challenge myself to read in order to beat the average by a decent margin.
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avg. score: 12 of 65 (18%)
required scores: 1, 5, 8, 12, 17 
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1
Douglas Adams
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
2
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus
3
Chimamanda Adichie
Girls of Riyadh (Rajaa Alsanea)
Girls of Riyadh
4
Rajaa Alsanea
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
5
Maya Angelou
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
6
Margaret Atwood
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
7
James Baldwin
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
8
Harriet Beecher Stowe
By Night in Chile (Roberto Bolano)
By Night in Chile
9
Roberto Bolano
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
10
Ray Bradbury
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
11
Dee Brown
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans
12
Jung Chang
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
13
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
14
Frederick Douglass
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
15
Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
16
Alexandre Dumas
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
17
George Eliot
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
18
George Eliot
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
19
William Faulkner
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
20
Gustave Flaubert
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
21
Yuval Noah Harari
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
22
Thomas Hardy
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
23
Thomas Harris
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
24
Stephen Hawking
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
25
Washington Irving
The Condor and the Cows (Christopher Isherwood)
The Condor and the Cows
26
Christopher Isherwood
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
27
Shirley Jackson
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
28
Shirley Jackson
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
29
Harriet Jacobs
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
30
Henry James
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
31
James Joyce
Chronicle in Stone (Ismail Kadare, Trans. Arshi Pipa, David Bellos)
Chronicle in Stone
32
Ismail Kadare, Trans. Arshi Pipa, David Bellos
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
33
Franz Kafka
Zorba the Greek (Nikos Kazantzaki)
Zorba the Greek
34
Nikos Kazantzaki
The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
The Story of My Life
35
Helen Keller
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
36
Barbara Kingsolver
Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote (Ahmadou Kourouma)
Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote
37
Ahmadou Kourouma
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
38
Madeleine L'engle
Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee)
Go Set a Watchman
39
Harper Lee
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
40
Doris Lessing
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