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An Aspirational Reading List

These are the meaty literary books I want to have completed by the time I'm in my fifties, twenty years to go so...time to get reading!
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
2
Sherman Alexie
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
3
Virgil
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
4
Michael Chabon
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
5
Neil Gaiman
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
6
Agatha Christie
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
7
George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
8
L.M. Montgomery
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
9
Sophocles
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
10
Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
11
Malcolm X
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
12
Roxane Gay
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
13
Toni Morrison
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
14
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
15
Rudolfo Anaya
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
16
Toni Morrison
The Book Theif (Markus Zusak)
The Book Theif
17
Markus Zusak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
18
Aldous Huxley
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
19
Junot Díaz
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
20
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
21
Jack London
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
22
Voltaire
The Canterville Ghost (Oscar Wilde)
The Canterville Ghost
23
Oscar Wilde
Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
24
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Casual Vacancy (J. K. Rowling)
The Casual Vacancy
25
J. K. Rowling
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
26
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
27
J.D. Salinger
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web
28
E. B. White
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
29
Chaim Potok
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
30
Charles Dickens
Civil Disobedience (Henry David Thoreau)
Civil Disobedience
31
Henry David Thoreau
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
32
David Mitchell
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
33
Stella Gibbons
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
34
Langston Hughes
The Color of Magic (Terry Pratchett)
The Color of Magic
35
Terry Pratchett
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
36
Alice Walker
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
37
Emily Dickinson
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
38
Alexandre Dumas
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
39
Mark Haddon
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
40
Charles Dickens
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