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Almost 40 Years of Hard Work to Be Well-Read

It's a selection of 1000 books out of over 3100 that I have read so far. I consider them as a good base to say someone is well-read. Many titles you won't find on every list :)
Most of them were published in English I left only a few from other languages when I couldn't manage to find a translation.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
4
George Orwell
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
5
Louisa May Alcott
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
6
Suzanne Collins
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
7
Aldous Huxley
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
8
Joseph Heller
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
9
L.M. Montgomery
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
10
William Shakespeare
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
11
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
12
Frances Hodgson Burnett
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
13
William Shakespeare
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
14
Paula Hawkins
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
15
Daphne Du Maurier
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
16
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
17
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
18
J.K. Rowling
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
19
Douglas Adams
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
20
J.K. Rowling
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
21
Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
22
J.K. Rowling
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
23
Sylvia Plath
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
24
Helen Fielding
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K.Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
25
J.K.Rowling
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
26
William Shakespeare
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
27
Dan Brown
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
28
Agatha Christie
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
29
J.K. Rowling
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
30
Jane Austen
Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
Hunger Games
31
Suzanne Collins
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
32
Emily Brontë
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
33
William Goldman
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
34
William Shakespeare
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing
35
Delia Owens
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
36
Dan Brown
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
37
William Shakespeare
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
38
David Mitchell
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
39
Neil Gaiman
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
40
Mikhail Bulgakov
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