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1000 Lifetime Books TBR

These are the books I--currently, anyway--want to commit to trying to read over the course of my lifetime. I'm sure I'll have to revise at some point as I add some titles I've left out and decide to skip others. In the case of a few of the series I've listed I have read the first book or two, and for one or two of the non-English language books I have read one translation but want to try a specific different one. Otherwise these will all be first time reads.
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1916: A Novel of Irish Rebellion (Morgan Llewelyn)
1916: A Novel of Irish Rebellion
1
Morgan Llewelyn
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
2
Jules Verne
The 39 Steps (John Buchan)
The 39 Steps
3
John Buchan
The Abolition of Man (C.S. Lewis)
The Abolition of Man
4
C.S. Lewis
The Absentee
The Absentee
5
The Abyss (Marguerite Yourcenar)
The Abyss
6
Marguerite Yourcenar
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
7
Anne Tyler
Actress (Anne Enright)
Actress
8
Anne Enright
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (John Steinbeck)
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
9
John Steinbeck
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
10
George Eliot
The Adolescent (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Adolescent
11
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
12
Vladimir Nabokov
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
13
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Gil Blas (Alain-René Lesage)
The Adventures of Gil Blas
14
Alain-René Lesage
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Tobias Smollett)
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
15
Tobias Smollett
The Adventures of Roderick Random
The Adventures of Roderick Random
16
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
17
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus (Hans Jakob Christoffel Von Grimmelshausen)
The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus
18
Hans Jakob Christoffel Von Grimmelshausen
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
19
Virgil
Aesops Fables (Aesop)
Aesops Fables
20
Aesop
The African Trilogy (Chinua Achebe)
The African Trilogy
21
Chinua Achebe
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
Against Interpretation
22
Susan Sontag
Aiding and Abetting (Muriel Spark)
Aiding and Abetting
23
Muriel Spark
Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth (Naguib Mahfouz)
Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth
24
Naguib Mahfouz
Alamut (Vladimir Bartol)
Alamut
25
Vladimir Bartol
The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist
26
Ben Jonson
Alexander the Great (Robin Lane Fox)
Alexander the Great
27
Robin Lane Fox
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
28
Lawrence Durrell
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
29
Robert Penn Warren
All Passion Spent (Vita Sackville-West)
All Passion Spent
30
Vita Sackville-West
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
31
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
32
Erich Maria Remarque
All's Well That Ends Well (William Shakespeare)
All's Well That Ends Well
33
William Shakespeare
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
34
Michael Chabon
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
35
Henry James
The American (Henry James)
The American
36
Henry James
American Notes (Charles Dickens)
American Notes
37
Charles Dickens
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
38
Philip Roth
Ammonite (Nicola Griffith)
Ammonite
39
Nicola Griffith
Amok (Stefan Zweig)
Amok
40
Stefan Zweig
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