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25 Years of Reading Novels

I just passed my 25th anniversary of learning to read, so here is a list of the 530 novels I can remember from the last two and a half decades of my life. Middle grade, literary, YA, sci-fi, and just plain fun.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Abarat
Abarat
2
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
3
Sherman Alexie
Across Five Aprils
Across Five Aprils
4
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
5
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio
6
After Tupac & D Foster (Jacqueline Woodson)
After Tupac & D Foster
7
Jacqueline Woodson
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
8
Edith Wharton
Al Capone Does My Shirts (Gennifer Choldenko)
Al Capone Does My Shirts
9
Gennifer Choldenko
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
10
Anthony Doerr
American Girls: Molly (Valerie Tripp)
American Girls: Molly
11
Valerie Tripp
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
12
Neil Gaiman
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
13
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
14
George Orwell
Animorphs Series
Animorphs Series
15
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
16
Leo Tolstoy
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
17
L.M. Montgomery
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
18
Judy Blume
At the Back of the North Wind (George Mcdonald)
At the Back of the North Wind
19
George Mcdonald
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
20
Ian McEwan
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
21
Kate Chopin
The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids (Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones)
The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids
22
Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones
Ballet Shoes (Noel Streatfeild)
Ballet Shoes
23
Noel Streatfeild
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain (Alice Dalgliesh)
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
24
Alice Dalgliesh
Beatrice and Virgil
Beatrice and Virgil
25
Beauty (Robin McKinley)
Beauty
26
Robin McKinley
Because of Winn Dixie (Kate DiCamillo)
Because of Winn Dixie
27
Kate DiCamillo
Behind the Attic Wall
Behind the Attic Wall
28
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
29
Toni Morrison
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Barbara Robinson)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
30
Barbara Robinson
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni)
The Betrothed
31
Alessandro Manzoni
B Is for Betsy (Carolyn Haywood)
B Is for Betsy
32
Carolyn Haywood
Betsy and Billy (Carolyn Haywood)
Betsy and Billy
33
Carolyn Haywood
Betsy-Tacy and Tib (Maud Hart Lovelace)
Betsy-Tacy and Tib
34
Maud Hart Lovelace
Between Shades of Grey (Ruta Sepetys)
Between Shades of Grey
35
Ruta Sepetys
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
36
Anna Sewell
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
37
Richard Wright
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
38
Rudolfo Anaya
Bless This Mouse (Lois Lowry)
Bless This Mouse
39
Lois Lowry
Bloomability (Sharon Creech)
Bloomability
40
Sharon Creech
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