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'Well-Read': Do You Qualify?

Cristina Hartmann, writing for Quora, states, "For anyone who wants to attain the vaunted title of "being well-read," it's more about breadth than depth."
Here is a list of 30 books. How many have you read?
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
1
Homer
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
2
Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
4
Leo Tolstoy
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
5
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
6
Aldous Huxley
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
7
Margaret Atwood
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
8
J.R.R. Tolkien
Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
9
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
10
William Gibson
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
11
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
12
Tom Wolfe
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
13
John Steinbeck
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
14
James Joyce
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
15
David Foster Wallace
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
16
Thomas Pynchon
A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5) (George R.R. Martin)
A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5)
17
George R.R. Martin
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
18
Suzanne Collins
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
19
E.L. James
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
20
Jhumpa Lahiri
Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
Joy Luck Club
21
Amy Tan
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Julia Alvarez)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
22
Julia Alvarez
Ramayana
Ramayana
23
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
24
Luo Guanzhong
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
25
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
To Live (Yu Hua)
To Live
26
Yu Hua
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
27
Chinua Achebe
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
28
Kurt Vonnegut
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
29
Joseph Heller
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
30
Douglas Adams
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