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An Inexhaustible List of Books for Well-Read People - Page 2

An extremely subjective list of books that will show how well-read you are. Classics, contemporary fiction, nonfiction. A variety of genres and forms. I made an effort to include as many countries as possible.
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Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
41
Haruki Murakami
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
42
Alice Walker
Metamorphosis (Ovid)
Metamorphosis
43
Ovid
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
44
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
45
Oscar Wilde
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
46
Douglas Adams
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
47
J.R.R. Tolkien
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
48
John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
49
John Steinbeck
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
50
John Steinbeck
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
51
Umberto Eco
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
52
Sayaka Murata
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
53
Thomas Mann
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
54
Gustave Flaubert
Chess Story (Stefan Zweig)
Chess Story
55
Stefan Zweig
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
56
Thomas Mann
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher
57
Elfriede Jelinek
Fever Dream (Samanta Schweblin)
Fever Dream
58
Samanta Schweblin
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
59
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
60
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Door (Magda Szabó)
The Door
61
Magda Szabó
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
62
Nikolai Gogol
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
63
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
64
Franz Fanon
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism
65
Edward W. Said
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
66
Chinua Achebe
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
67
Yukio Mishima
Embers (Sandor Marai)
Embers
68
Sandor Marai
The Blind Owl (Sadegh Hedayat)
The Blind Owl
69
Sadegh Hedayat
The Radetzky March
The Radetzky March
70
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
71
Margaret Atwood
Signs Preceding the End of the World (Yura Herrari)
Signs Preceding the End of the World
72
Yura Herrari
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
73
Mikhail Bulgakov
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country
74
Yasunari Kawabata
Silence (Shusaku Endo)
Silence
75
Shusaku Endo
Death and the Dervish (Meša Selimović)
Death and the Dervish
76
Meša Selimović
Independent People
Independent People
77
The Tartar Steppe (Dino Buzzati, Trans. Stuart Hood)
The Tartar Steppe
78
Dino Buzzati, Trans. Stuart Hood
Rashomon (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon
79
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edogawa Rampo)
Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination
80
Edogawa Rampo
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