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The Definitive Book List

This is a list based mainly on my last 12 months reading. I wanted to read a broad spectrum of rated books to widen my interests and spark my interest in literature.
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I have read all but 3.

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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
2
William Shakespeare
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
3
Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
4
Kurt Vonnegut
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
5
Chinua Achebe
Swann's Way (France)
Swann's Way (France)
6
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
7
Leo Tolstoy
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
8
Franz Kafka
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
9
Margaret Atwood
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
10
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
11
Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
12
Cormac McCarthy
The Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
The Life of Pi
13
Yann Martel
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
14
Iris Murdoch
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
15
Mary Shelley
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
16
Bram Stoker
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
17
Daniel Defoe
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
18
Franz Kafka
Under the Net (Iris Murdoch)
Under the Net
19
Iris Murdoch
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
20
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
21
Joseph Heller
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
22
Aldous Huxley
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
23
William Shakespeare
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
24
George Eliot
The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning
The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning
25
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
26
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
27
John Steinbeck
The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
The Stone Diaries
28
Carol Shields
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
29
Kate Chopin
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
30
Walt Whitman
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
31
Ayn Rand
The Rights of Man
The Rights of Man
32
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
33
Charlotte Brontë
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
34
C.S. Lewis
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
35
Sebastian Faulks
The Sonnets (Ted Berrigan)
The Sonnets
36
Ted Berrigan
The Gormenghast Trilogy
The Gormenghast Trilogy
37
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
38
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
39
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
40
Jonathan Franzen
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