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The Long and the Short of It: #Markd9528's Combo TBR Challenge

This is a consolidated list of unread books from several of my personal short and long term TBR lists, particularly those that are largely composed of works of fiction. I'm sure a dedicated reader would enjoy doing this widely ranging challenge. And you'll probably get a laugh when you come across some of the books I haven't read yet.
Layout: the books in the upper 160 are those I am most keen to read & the next 170 are longer term prospects. The following 40 books (331-370) are on the back-burner or ones I have had difficulty obtaining (at least from a legitimate source). The final 40 are a selection of non-fiction works from the list at the link.
Some of my (mostly) dodgy reasons for putting a book into the top 160 are: I already have purchased the book, it's on my 2020 TBR, I've never read anything by that author or conversely I've enjoyed other works by the author, it's an indispensable classic and/or a short easy read. Do you think like me?
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Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
1
A.S. Byatt
Manon Lescaut (Abbé Prévost)
Manon Lescaut
2
Abbé Prévost
The Lady in the Van (Alan Bennett)
The Lady in the Van
3
Alan Bennett
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
4
Alan Paton
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
5
Aleksandr Pushkin
Carpentaria (Alexis Wright)
Carpentaria
6
Alexis Wright
The Life of Hunger (Amelie Nothomb)
The Life of Hunger
7
Amelie Nothomb
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
8
Amy Tan
The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
The Dutch House
9
Ann Patchett
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
10
Anna Sewell
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
11
Anonymous
My Life: The Story of a Provincial (Anton Chekhov)
My Life: The Story of a Provincial
12
Anton Chekhov
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
13
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Sign of Four
14
Arthur Conan Doyle
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
15
Astrid Lindgren
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
16
Bernardine Evaristo
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
17
Bernhard Schlink
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
18
Bram Stoker
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
19
Charles Dickens
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
20
Cormac McCarthy
The Puttermesser Papers (Cynthia Ozick)
The Puttermesser Papers
21
Cynthia Ozick
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
22
Daniel Keyes
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Inferno
23
Dante Alighieri
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
Red Harvest
24
Dashiell Hammett
The Last of the Vostyachs (Diego Marani)
The Last of the Vostyachs
25
Diego Marani
Five Children and It (E. Nesbit)
Five Children and It
26
E. Nesbit
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
27
E.M. Forster
Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe)
Tales of Mystery & Imagination
28
Edgar Allan Poe
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
29
Edgar Allan Poe
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
30
Edith Wharton
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher
31
Elfriede Jelinek
The Good Doctor of Warsaw (Elisabeth Gifford)
The Good Doctor of Warsaw
32
Elisabeth Gifford
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
33
Elizabeth Bowen
The Heat of the Day (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Heat of the Day
34
Elizabeth Bowen
Therese Raquin (Emile Zola)
Therese Raquin
35
Emile Zola
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
36
Ernest Hemingway
Men Without Women (Ernest Hemingway)
Men Without Women
37
Ernest Hemingway
The Iceman Cometh (Eugene O'Neill)
The Iceman Cometh
38
Eugene O'Neill
Tales of the Jazz Age (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tales of the Jazz Age
39
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
40
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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