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The Ultimate List of Books to Read Before Your Ultimate Death

To affirm my hyperbole-free list title, I offer you this list of classics both traditional and modern.
Most are derived from the highest ranking books on the fiction and non-fiction lists at thegreatestbooks.org and I've enjoyed reading many myself. Of the remaining books, most are my personal favourites or perhaps even your personal favourites. Or are books that I wish to read over the longer term.
NOTE:
--- I haven't included any acknowledged classics that I nevertheless disliked.
--- 10 of these books also appear on the adjacent "Classics Yasza Doesn't Want to Read" challenge. Who do you believe?
--- This is a certified J.K.R.-free challenge.
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avg. score: 77 of 600 (13%)
required scores: 1, 24, 49, 75, 117 

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Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
2
The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
3
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
4
The Oresteian Trilogy (Aeschylus)
The Oresteian Trilogy (Aeschylus)
5
Fables (Aesop)
Fables (Aesop)
6
The Holy Qur'an
The Holy Qur'an
7
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
8
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
9
Dark Star (Alan Furst)
Dark Star (Alan Furst)
10
The Polish Officer (Alan Furst)
The Polish Officer (Alan Furst)
11
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
12
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Albert Einstein)
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Albert Einstein)
13
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague (Albert Camus)
14
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
15
The Rebel (Albert Camus)
The Rebel (Albert Camus)
16
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
17
A Sand County Almanac (Aldo Leopold)
A Sand County Almanac (Aldo Leopold)
18
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
19
The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope)
The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope)
20
Eugene Onegin (Alexander Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin (Alexander Pushkin)
21
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
22
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
23
In the First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
In the First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
24
The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
25
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
26
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
27
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
28
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
29
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
30
Fear and Trembling (Amélie Nothomb)
Fear and Trembling (Amélie Nothomb)
31
The Palm-Wine Drinkard (Amos Tutuola)
The Palm-Wine Drinkard (Amos Tutuola)
32
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
33
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
34
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
35
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice (Anna Kavan)
36
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
37
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Anne Tyler)
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Anne Tyler)
38
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
39
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf (Anonymous)
40
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
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