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60 Books to Read by the Time I'm 60

When I was 2.5 years from turning 60, I came up with this list of 60 books to read by the time I turn 60. I have about a year to go and so far I am staying pretty much on target to get it done. I hope I don't lose steam.
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
1
William Shakespeare
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
2
Miguel De Cervantes
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni)
The Betrothed
4
Alessandro Manzoni
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
5
William Makepeace Thackeray
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
6
Elizabeth Gaskell
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
7
Henry David Thoreau
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
8
Charles Dickens
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
9
Lewis Carroll
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
10
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
11
George Eliot
Forsaken Inn (Anna Katharine Green)
Forsaken Inn
12
Anna Katharine Green
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
13
Oscar Wilde
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
14
Upton Sinclair
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Gaston Leroux)
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
15
Gaston Leroux
Howard's End (E. M. Forster)
Howard's End
16
E. M. Forster
Ethan From (Edith Wharton)
Ethan From
17
Edith Wharton
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
18
Willa Cather
Age of Innocence (Wharton, Edith)
Age of Innocence
19
Wharton, Edith
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset)
Kristin Lavransdatter
20
Sigrid Undset
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
21
Franz Kafka
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
22
Erich Maria Remarque
Grand Hotel (Vicky Baum)
Grand Hotel
23
Vicky Baum
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
24
Stella Gibbons
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
25
Zora Neale Hurston
The Code of the Woosters (Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
26
Wodehouse
Address Unknown (Katherine Kressmann Taylor)
Address Unknown
27
Katherine Kressmann Taylor
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
28
John Steinbeck
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
29
Raymond Chandler
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
30
Carson McCullers
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
31
Richard Wright
The Bride Wore Black (Cornell Woolrich)
The Bride Wore Black
32
Cornell Woolrich
West With the Night (Beryl Markham)
West With the Night
33
Beryl Markham
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
34
Evelyn Waugh
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
35
Albert Camus
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
36
Ralph Ellison
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
37
Patricia Highsmith
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
38
Jack Kerouac
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
39
Chinua Achebe
Anatomy of a Murder (Robert Traver)
Anatomy of a Murder
40
Robert Traver
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