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150 Major Books to Read ASAP

These are all books I have purchased but didn't get around to reading right away, and that are all currently collecting dust on my bookshelf. It isn't that I don't want to read them, I just always seem to have books that demand to be read first.
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11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
1
Stephen King
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Stuart Turton)
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
2
Stuart Turton
Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
3
The Alice Network (Kate Quinn)
The Alice Network
4
Kate Quinn
The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
5
Caleb Carr
American Dirt (Jeanine Cummins)
American Dirt
6
Jeanine Cummins
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
7
Neil Gaiman
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
8
Tayari Jones
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
9
Jeff Vandermeer
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Saenz)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
10
Benjamin Alire Saenz
Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl
11
Eoin Colfer
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
12
William Faulkner
Ask Again, Yes (Mary Beth Keane)
Ask Again, Yes
13
Mary Beth Keane
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
14
Ayn Rand
The Bear and the Nightingale (Katherine Arden)
The Bear and the Nightingale
15
Katherine Arden
Before We Were Yours (Lisa Wingate)
Before We Were Yours
16
Lisa Wingate
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies
17
Liane Moriarty
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
18
José Saramago
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
19
Helen Fielding
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
Call Me by Your Name
20
André Aciman
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
21
Stephen King
Cinder (Marissa Meyer)
Cinder
22
Marissa Meyer
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
23
Madeline Miller
City of Thieves: A Novel (David Beni)
City of Thieves: A Novel
24
David Beni
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
25
Haruki Murakami
Commonwealth (Ann Patchett)
Commonwealth
26
Ann Patchett
Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
Confessions of a Shopaholic
27
Sophie Kinsella
Crazy Rich Asians (Kevin Kwan)
Crazy Rich Asians
28
Kevin Kwan
The Cuckoos Calling (Robert Galbraith)
The Cuckoos Calling
29
Robert Galbraith
Daisy Jones and the Six (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Daisy Jones and the Six
30
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
Dark Places
31
Gillian Flynn
The Dinner, Herman Koch
The Dinner, Herman Koch
32
A Discovery of Witches (Deborah Harkness)
A Discovery of Witches
33
Deborah Harkness
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Rebecca Wells)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
34
Rebecca Wells
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
35
Frank Herbert
The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
The Dutch House
36
Ann Patchett
Earth's Children: The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
Earth's Children: The Clan of the Cave Bear
37
Jean M. Auel
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
38
Gail Honeyman
Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
Eragon
39
Christopher Paolini
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
40
Celeste Ng
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