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Almost 40 Years of Hard Work to Be Well-Read - Page 2

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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Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
41
Anne Rice
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
42
Samuel Beckett
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
43
William Shakespeare
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
44
Bram Stoker
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Played With Fire
45
Stieg Larsson
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
46
Umberto Eco
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
47
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
48
Franz Kafka
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
49
Kurt Vonnegut
Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
Neverwhere
50
Neil Gaiman
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
51
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
52
Margaret Atwood
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
53
Virginia Woolf
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
54
Truman Capote
Norse Mythology (Neil Gaiman)
Norse Mythology
55
Neil Gaiman
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
56
William Shakespeare
The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkein)
The Two Towers
57
J.R.R. Tolkein
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
58
Taylor Jenkins Reid
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
59
Elena Ferrante
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
60
Patrick Suskind
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
61
James Joyce
Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
Game of Thrones
62
George R.R. Martin
Anne of Avonlea (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Avonlea
63
L.M. Montgomery
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
64
E.L. James
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
65
Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
66
Stieg Larsson
Inferno (Dan Brown)
Inferno
67
Dan Brown
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
68
Laura Esquivel
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
69
Albert Camus
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
70
Stieg Larsson
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
71
William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
72
William Shakespeare
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
73
Hilary Mantel
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
74
D.H. Lawrence
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
75
Oscar Wilde
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
76
Isabel Allende
The Miniaturist (Jessie Burton)
The Miniaturist
77
Jessie Burton
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
78
John Berendt
Anne of the Island (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of the Island
79
L.M. Montgomery
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
80
Nick Hornby
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