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1001 Good Books, Mostly Classics

This is basically my reading plan, or a possible reading plan, for the rest of my life. They're somewhat in order as well - when reading through an author's works, I have alternated with other texts so it doesn't get monotonous.
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Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
1
Charles Dickens
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
2
Umberto Eco
Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens)
Nicholas Nickleby
3
Charles Dickens
Edie: American Girl (Jean Stein)
Edie: American Girl
4
Jean Stein
The Old Curiosity Shop (Charles Dickens)
The Old Curiosity Shop
5
Charles Dickens
The Forever War (Nick Bryant)
The Forever War
6
Nick Bryant
Barnaby Rudge (Charles Dickens)
Barnaby Rudge
7
Charles Dickens
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
8
E.M. Forster
Martin Chuzzlewit (Charles Dickens)
Martin Chuzzlewit
9
Charles Dickens
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
10
George Eliot
Dombey and Son (Charles Dickens)
Dombey and Son
11
Charles Dickens
Milton: Poet, Pampleteer and Patrot (Anna Beer)
Milton: Poet, Pampleteer and Patrot
12
Anna Beer
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
13
Charles Dickens
A Stolen Life (Jaycee Dugard)
A Stolen Life
14
Jaycee Dugard
Bleak House (Dickens, Charles)
Bleak House
15
Dickens, Charles
Socialism Is Great (Lijia Zhang)
Socialism Is Great
16
Lijia Zhang
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
17
Charles Dickens
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
18
Marilynne Robinson
Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens)
Little Dorrit
19
Charles Dickens
Myth and Metaphor: Selected Essays (Northrop Frye)
Myth and Metaphor: Selected Essays
20
Northrop Frye
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
21
Charles Dickens
The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England (Jonathan Healey)
The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England
22
Jonathan Healey
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
23
Charles Dickens
Foundation and Earth (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation and Earth
24
Isaac Asimov
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
25
Charles Dickens
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
26
E.L. Doctorow
Watch and Ward (Henry James)
Watch and Ward
27
Henry James
The Greek Myths (Robert Graves)
The Greek Myths
28
Robert Graves
Roderick Hudson (Henry James)
Roderick Hudson
29
Henry James
The Qur'an (Unknown)
The Qur'an
30
Unknown
The American (Henry James)
The American
31
Henry James
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
Against Interpretation
32
Susan Sontag
The Europeans (Henry James)
The Europeans
33
Henry James
The Child's Conception of the World (Jean Piaget)
The Child's Conception of the World
34
Jean Piaget
Confidence (Henry James)
Confidence
35
Henry James
October (China Mieville)
October
36
China Mieville
Washington Square (Henry James)
Washington Square
37
Henry James
The Complete Poems of Elizabeth Bishop (Elizabeth Bishop)
The Complete Poems of Elizabeth Bishop
38
Elizabeth Bishop
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
39
Henry James
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
40
Robert A. Heinlein
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