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50 Books Jim Wants to Read - While There's Still Time

It's simple - I'm going to be 75 this year, so I'm running short on that indeterminate future time which would allow me to put things off until I "get around to them." Anyway, here is a list of 50 that I would at least like to put a dent in. Wish me luck; if I remember, I will come back and check them off when (and if) I finish them.
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Arthurian Romances (Chrétien De Troyes)
Arthurian Romances
1
Chrétien De Troyes
August 1914 (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
2
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
Battle Cry of Freedom
3
James M. McPherson
Billiards at Half-Past Nine (Heinrich Böll)
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
4
Heinrich Böll
Bruce Catton: The Army of the Potomac Trilogy (Bruce Catton)
Bruce Catton: The Army of the Potomac Trilogy
5
Bruce Catton
Cancer Ward (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
6
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Complete Plays, Lenz, & Other Writings (Georg Buchner)
Complete Plays, Lenz, & Other Writings
7
Georg Buchner
Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
8
Ernest Hemingway
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
9
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
10
Miguel De Cervantes
Finnegan's Wake (Joyce)
Finnegan's Wake
11
Joyce
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
12
Hemingway
Group Portrait With Lady (Bõll)
Group Portrait With Lady
13
Bõll
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
14
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
Lord Jim (Conrad - Signet)
Lord Jim
15
Conrad - Signet
March 1917 (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
March 1917
16
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Njal's Saga (Anonymous)
Njal's Saga
17
Anonymous
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
18
Jane Austen
Nostromo (Conrad)
Nostromo
19
Conrad
November 1916 (Solzhenitsyn)
November 1916
20
Solzhenitsyn
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
21
Virginia Woolf
Parzival (Wolfram Von Eschenbach)
Parzival
22
Wolfram Von Eschenbach
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
23
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
24
Daphne Du Maurier
She (Haggard -Penguin)
She
25
Haggard -Penguin
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
26
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
27
Franz Kafka
The Centennial History of the Civil War (Catton)
The Centennial History of the Civil War
28
Catton
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
29
Alexandre Dumas
The End of the Affair (Greene)
The End of the Affair
30
Greene
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
31
John Steinbeck
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
32
Greene
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories
33
Herodotus
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Böll)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
34
Heinrich Böll
The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas)
The Man in the Iron Mask
35
Alexandre Dumas
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
36
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Master of Ballantrae
37
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Portable Dante (Dante)
The Portable Dante
38
Dante
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
39
Joseph Conrad
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
40
Alexandre Dumas
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