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250 Classic Books #Markd9528 Wants to Read Long-Term

"I can't believe he hasn't read that!"
This is a heavyweight challenge that I would hope to complete within 10 years. It includes at least one major work from each unread author, as well as many additional works from favourite writers. The list incorporates as yet unread books from "Markd9528's Priority Must-Reads".
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Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
1
Vladimir Nabokov
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
2
Saul Bellow
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
3
Virgil
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
4
Aesop
The Alexandria Quartet (Alexandria Quartet #1-4) (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet (Alexandria Quartet #1-4)
5
Lawrence Durrell
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
6
Robert Penn Warren
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
7
Cormac McCarthy
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
8
Michael Chabon
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
9
Theodore Dreiser
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) (Anonymous)
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights)
10
Anonymous
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
11
Flann O'Brien
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
12
W.G. Sebald
Auto-Da-Fé (Elias Canetti)
Auto-Da-Fé
13
Elias Canetti
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
14
Sinclair Lewis
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami
15
Guy De Maupassant
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
16
V.S. Naipaul
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
17
Tr. Seamus Heaney
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
18
Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni, Trans. Bruce Penman)
The Betrothed
19
Alessandro Manzoni, Trans. Bruce Penman
Birds (Aristophanes)
Birds
20
Aristophanes
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
21
Charles Dickens
Blindness (Jose Saramago)
Blindness
22
Jose Saramago
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
23
Cormac McCarthy
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
24
Fernando Pessoa
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
25
Evelyn Waugh
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
26
Junot Díaz
Brighton Rock (Greene)
Brighton Rock
27
Greene
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
28
Thomas Mann
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
29
Henry Roth
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
30
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
31
Franz Kafka
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
32
Stendhal
Children's and Household Tales (Brothers Grimm)
Children's and Household Tales
33
Brothers Grimm
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
34
Samuel Richardson
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
35
Anthony Burgess
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
36
David Mitchell
The Clouds (Aristophanes)
The Clouds
37
Aristophanes
The Clown (Heinrich Böll)
The Clown
38
Heinrich Böll
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
39
Stella Gibbons
The Complete Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories
40
Franz Kafka
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