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Becoming Well Read: Classics

It takes more than reading a few classics to become well read. Ideally one should read widely, across all genres.
In a bid to help myself get a little closer to being able to consider myself well read, I'm putting together a collection of TBR lists - of 50 books each - the reading of which should help get me a little closer to my goal. I naturally veer more towards some genres and not others (I tend to avoid romance and Young adult, for example), and I'm hoping this will help get me on track a little more.
If any obvious examples are missing from certain lists, there's a very good chance I'll have read it already.
This list contains classics and modern classics.
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Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
1
Boris Pasternak
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
2
Ernest Hemingway
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
3
Toni Morrison
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
4
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
5
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Mary Barton (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Mary Barton
6
Elizabeth Gaskell
Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
Cider With Rosie
7
Laurie Lee
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset)
Kristin Lavransdatter
8
Sigrid Undset
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
9
Stella Gibbons
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
10
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
11
Joseph Conrad
Vilette (Charlotte Bronte)
Vilette
12
Charlotte Bronte
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
13
Thomas Mann
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
14
Saul Bellow
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove
15
Henry James
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
16
Vikram Seth
Effi Briest (Theodor Fontane)
Effi Briest
17
Theodor Fontane
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
18
Knut Hamsun
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
19
John Kennedy Toole
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
20
James Baldwin
Memento Mori (Muriel Spark)
Memento Mori
21
Muriel Spark
A Tale of a Tub (Jonathan Swift)
A Tale of a Tub
22
Jonathan Swift
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
23
D. H. Lawrence
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
24
J.D. Salinger
At Swim, Two Boys
At Swim, Two Boys
25
Germinal (Emile Zola)
Germinal
26
Emile Zola
Uncle Silas (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Uncle Silas
27
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
28
Primo Levi
Night and Day (Virginia Woolf)
Night and Day
29
Virginia Woolf
Bel Ami (Maupassant)
Bel Ami
30
Maupassant
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
31
Isak Dinesen
Go Down, Moses (William Faulkner)
Go Down, Moses
32
William Faulkner
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
33
John Steinbeck
Dirty Havana Trilogy
Dirty Havana Trilogy
34
Cakes and Ale (W. Somerset Maugham)
Cakes and Ale
35
W. Somerset Maugham
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate
36
E.L. Doctorow
The Path to the Nest of Spiders (Italo Calvino)
The Path to the Nest of Spiders
37
Italo Calvino
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
38
Hermann Hesse
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist
39
Denis Diderot
Coming Up for Air (George Orwell)
Coming Up for Air
40
George Orwell
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