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33 Years of Literary Escapism

All the books I've read (or remember reading) to date, the transcendently good and the excruciatingly bad. There's a little bit of everything in here. How does your reading list stack up?
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
2
Helene Hanff
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (Hank Green)
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
3
Hank Green
Abundance (Sena Jeter Naslund)
Abundance
4
Sena Jeter Naslund
An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
An Abundance of Katherines
5
John Green
Adulthood Is a Myth (Sarah Andersen)
Adulthood Is a Myth
6
Sarah Andersen
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
7
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
8
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
9
Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
10
Edith Wharton
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
11
Paulo Coelho
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
12
Lewis Carroll
Alif the Unseen (G. Willow Wilson)
Alif the Unseen
13
G. Willow Wilson
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
14
James Herriot
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
15
Anthony Doerr
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (Bryn Greenwood)
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
16
Bryn Greenwood
All's Well That Ends Well (William Shakespeare)
All's Well That Ends Well
17
William Shakespeare
Allegiant (Veronica Roth)
Allegiant
18
Veronica Roth
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
19
Michael Chabon
The Amber Spyglass (Phillip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
20
Phillip Pullman
Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte (Kate Williams)
Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte
21
Kate Williams
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
22
Neil Gaiman
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
23
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
24
Khaled Hosseini
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
25
Agatha Christie
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
26
Frank McCourt
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
27
Dan Brown
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
28
George Orwell
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Barbara Kingsolver)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
29
Barbara Kingsolver
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
30
Leo Tolstoy
Anne of Avonlea (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Avonlea
31
L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
32
L.M. Montgomery
Anne of the Island (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of the Island
33
L.M. Montgomery
An Anonymous Girl (Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen)
An Anonymous Girl
34
Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
35
William Shakespeare
Ark (Veronica Roth)
Ark
36
Veronica Roth
Arms and the Dudes (Guy Lawson)
Arms and the Dudes
37
Guy Lawson
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
38
Jules Verne
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)
The Art of Racing in the Rain
39
Garth Stein
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
40
Sun Tzu
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