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Books We Should Read Before Graduating College

The books I want to read before graduating from college in 2018! They're a mix of newer books and classic novels.
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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
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
3
Vladimir Nabokov
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
4
Azar Nafisi
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
5
James Joyce
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
6
Jack Kerouac
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
7
Betty Smith
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
8
Milan Kundera
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
9
Yann Martel
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
10
Anne Tyler
The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris (Leïla Marouane)
The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris
11
Leïla Marouane
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
12
Laura Esquivel
The Year of the Hare (Arto Paasilinna)
The Year of the Hare
13
Arto Paasilinna
The Black Sheep
The Black Sheep
14
The Last Lecture (Randy Pausch)
The Last Lecture
15
Randy Pausch
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
16
Viktor Frankl
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
17
John Steinbeck
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
18
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
19
Albert Camus
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
20
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
21
Roxane Gay
The Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Marriage Plot
22
Jeffrey Eugenides
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
23
William Faulkner
Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)
Autobiography of Red
24
Anne Carson
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
25
Joan Didion
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (Alice Munro)
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
26
Alice Munro
The Group (Mary McCarthy)
The Group
27
Mary McCarthy
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
28
Lorrie Moore
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
29
Elena Ferrante
Heartburn (Nora Ephron)
Heartburn
30
Nora Ephron
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
31
Marilynne Robinson
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
32
William Shakespeare
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
33
Toni Morrison
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
34
Joan Didion
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
35
Bill Bryson
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
36
Arthur Miller
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
37
Jeffrey Eugenides
Men Explain Things to Me (Rebecca Solnit)
Men Explain Things to Me
38
Rebecca Solnit
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
39
Dave Eggers
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
40
Hunter S. Thompson
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