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Almost 40 Years of Hard Work to Be Well-Read V. 2.0

This is updated version of the list I made one year ago. This version includes items that I was not able to find then but I've colected during this year and as well those I read since then. So now list includes 2000 books from totally over 3400 I have read since 1985 (as I remember). I did not include most of the books published only in Polish
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
3
Louisa May Alcott
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
4
Mary Shelley
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
5
Suzanne Collins
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
6
Aldous Huxley
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
7
L.M. Montgomery
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
8
Joseph Heller
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
9
William Shakespeare
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
10
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
11
Daphne Du Maurier
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
12
Paula Hawkins
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
13
William Shakespeare
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
14
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
15
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
16
J.K. Rowling
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
17
Stephen Chbosky
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
18
Douglas Adams
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
19
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
20
J.K. Rowling
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
21
Sylvia Plath
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
22
Lewis Carroll
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
23
Diana Gabaldon
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
24
Arthur Golden
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
25
J.K. Rowling
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing
26
Delia Owens
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
27
Arundhati Roy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K.Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
28
J.K.Rowling
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
29
Neil Gaiman
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
30
Helen Fielding
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
31
Kenneth Grahame
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
32
William Shakespeare
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
33
J.K. Rowling
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
34
Cormac McCarthy
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
35
Dan Brown
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
36
Agatha Christie
Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
Hunger Games
37
Suzanne Collins
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
38
Khaled Hosseini
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
39
Jane Austen
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
40
J.K. Rowling
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