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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
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
2
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
4
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
5
Mark Twain
Aesops Fables (Aesop)
Aesops Fables
6
Aesop
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
7
Edith Wharton
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
8
Paulo Coelho
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
9
Lewis Carroll
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
10
James Herriot
All the Living
All the Living
11
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
12
Cormac McCarthy
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
13
Erich Maria Remarque
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
14
Agatha Christie
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
15
Frank McCourt
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
16
George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
17
L.M. Montgomery
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
18
Leo Tolstoy
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
19
Sun Tzu
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
20
William Faulkner
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
21
Ayn Rand
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
22
Ian McEwan
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
23
Kate Chopin
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
24
Sinclair Lewis
Babe: The Gallant Pig (Dick King-Smith)
Babe: The Gallant Pig
25
Dick King-Smith
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
26
Barbara Kingsolver
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
27
Sylvia Plath
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
28
Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
29
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
30
Anonymous
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
31
Raymond Chandler
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
32
Sebastian Faulks
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
33
Anna Sewell
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
34
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
35
Charles Dickens
The Book of Virtues
The Book of Virtues
36
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
37
Markus Zusak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
38
Aldous Huxley
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
39
Truman Capote
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
40
Evelyn Waugh
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