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300 Books I Should Have Read by Now

This is a list of books that I should've read by now. A lot of them were required reading in school that I chose to skim- most are books that I have browsed in the library or bookstore but never gotten around to reading.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
5
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
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Aesops Fables (Aesop)
Aesops Fables
Aesop
7
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
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The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
9
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
10
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot
11
All the Living
All the Living
12
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy
13
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
14
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
15
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourt
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
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Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
18
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
19
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
20
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
21
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
22
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
Ian McEwan
23
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
24
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis
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Babe: The Gallant Pig (Dick King-Smith)
Babe: The Gallant Pig
Dick King-Smith
26
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
Barbara Kingsolver
27
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
29
Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
30
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
Anonymous
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The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
32
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks
33
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
34
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
35
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
36
The Book of Virtues
The Book of Virtues
37
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
38
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
39
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote
40
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
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