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100 Books to Read to Become Well Read

A list of books across a number of genres, designed to give a broad overview of perspectives that aren't the standard or will introduce you to some weird and new ideas. If you combine this with any generic '100 books to read before you die' you will be very well read.
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Vagina: A New Biography (Naomi Wolf)
Vagina: A New Biography
1
Naomi Wolf
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
2
Mary Shelley
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
3
Anonymous
Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
4
The Quran (Unknown)
The Quran
5
Unknown
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Outliers
6
Malcolm Gladwell
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
7
Lord of the Rings (Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
8
Tolkien
Absent (Betool Khadairi)
Absent
9
Betool Khadairi
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
10
Ernest Hemingway
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
11
Leo Tolstoy
Watchmen (Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons)
Watchmen
12
Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
13
Marjane Satrapi
Rachel Rising (Terry Moore)
Rachel Rising
14
Terry Moore
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Emil Ferris)
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
15
Emil Ferris
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
16
J. K. Rowling
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
17
Roald Dahl
The Twits (Roald Dahl)
The Twits
18
Roald Dahl
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
19
Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
20
Emily Bronte
Gulp. (Mary Roach)
Gulp.
21
Mary Roach
All Systems Red (Martha Wells)
All Systems Red
22
Martha Wells
Invisible Women (Caroline Criado-Pérez)
Invisible Women
23
Caroline Criado-Pérez
Lolly Willowes (Sylvia Townsend Warner)
Lolly Willowes
24
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge)
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
25
Reni Eddo-Lodge
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
26
P.G. Wodehouse
More Letters of Note (Shaun Usher)
More Letters of Note
27
Shaun Usher
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
28
Dee Brown
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
29
Sally Rooney
Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change (Joan Fitzgerald)
Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change
30
Joan Fitzgerald
Why Good People Do Bad Environmental Things (Elizabeth Desombre)
Why Good People Do Bad Environmental Things
31
Elizabeth Desombre
There Is No Planet B (Mike Berners Lee)
There Is No Planet B
32
Mike Berners Lee
Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett)
Guards! Guards!
33
Terry Pratchett
Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
Mythology
34
Edith Hamilton
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
35
Margaret Atwood
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
36
Virginia Woolf
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
37
Alice Walker
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
38
Maya Angelou
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
39
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Penis Book (Aaron Spitz)
The Penis Book
40
Aaron Spitz
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