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50 Books to Read Before 40

My personal to-do list over the next decade. Some I have already read, the others are what I assume to be essential reading.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
3
Edith Wharton
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
4
Erich Maria Remarque
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
5
Agatha Christie
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
6
Leo Tolstoy
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
7
John O'Hara
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
8
William Faulkner
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
9
Toni Morrison
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
10
Aldous Huxley
Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Brothers Karamazov
11
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
12
Flannery O'Connor
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
13
Alexandre Dumas
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
14
Dante Alighieri
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
15
Miguel De Cervantes
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
16
Bram Stoker
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
17
Frank Herbert
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
18
John Steinbeck
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
19
Mary Shelley
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
20
James Baldwin
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
21
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
22
William Shakespeare
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
23
Margaret Atwood
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
24
Italo Calvino
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
25
Ralph Ellison
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
26
Charlotte Bronte
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
27
Victor Hugo
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
28
Louisa May Alcott
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
29
Vladimir Nabokov
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
30
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
31
Mikhail Bulgakov
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
32
Franz Kafka
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
33
Herman Melville
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
34
Virginia Woolf
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
35
Umberto Eco
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
36
Haruki Murakami
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
37
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
38
Oscar Wilde
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
39
Jane Austen
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
40
Cormac McCarthy
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