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72 Books That Every Literature Lover Should Have Read Before 30

I copied this list from culturacolectiva.com, it was in Spanish but I translated some of the titles. How many have you read?
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100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
2
William Faulkner
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
3
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
4
J.D. Salinger
Fernando Vallejo La Virgen De Los Sicarios
Fernando Vallejo La Virgen De Los Sicarios
5
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
6
George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
7
Ray Bradbury
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
8
Niccolò Machiavelli
Los Detectives Salvajes - Roberto Bolaño
Los Detectives Salvajes - Roberto Bolaño
9
Diablo Guardián (Xavier Velasco)
Diablo Guardián
10
Xavier Velasco
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
11
Jorge Luis Borges
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
12
Friedrich Nietzsche
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
13
Julio Cortázar
The Doors of Perception (Aldous Huxley)
The Doors of Perception
14
Aldous Huxley
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
15
Milan Kundera
Liquid Love: On the Frailty of Human Bonds (Zygmunt Bauman)
Liquid Love: On the Frailty of Human Bonds
16
Zygmunt Bauman
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
17
Jack Kerouac
Pedro Paramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Paramo
18
Juan Rulfo
Niebla (Miguel Unamuno)
Niebla
19
Miguel Unamuno
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
20
Cormac McCarthy
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
21
Ernest Hemingway
El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba
El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba
22
El Barón Rampante (Italo Calvino)
El Barón Rampante
23
Italo Calvino
Red and Black (Stendhal)
Red and Black
24
Stendhal
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
25
Franz Kafka
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
26
Albert Camus
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
27
Vladimir Nabokov
Ana Karenina
Ana Karenina
28
Azul - Rubén Darío
Azul - Rubén Darío
29
Ciudades Desiertas (José Agustín)
Ciudades Desiertas
30
José Agustín
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
31
Dante Alighieri
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
32
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
33
Homer
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
34
Jules Verne
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
35
Günter Grass
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
36
William Shakespeare
Lazarillo De Tormes
Lazarillo De Tormes
37
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
38
Oscar Wilde
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
39
Hermann Hesse
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
40
George Orwell
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