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Becoming Well Read: Literary Fiction

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.
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
1
Ralph Ellison
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
2
William Faulkner
A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
A Man Called Ove
3
Fredrik Backman
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
4
Khaled Hosseini
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale
5
Kristin Hannah
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
6
Hanya Yanagihara
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
7
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
8
Evelyn Waugh
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
9
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
10
Jonathan Franzen
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
11
Brit Bennett
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
12
Ernest Hemingway
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
13
J.D. Salinger
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
14
Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
15
Jonathan Safran Foer
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
16
Zadie Smith
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
17
John Kennedy Toole
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
18
Marilynne Robinson
The Great Alone (Kristin Hannah)
The Great Alone
19
Kristin Hannah
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
20
Jesmyn Ward
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
21
Sue Monk Kidd
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
22
Don Delillo
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
23
Mitch Albom
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being
24
Ruth Ozeki
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
25
Umberto Eco
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
26
Margaret Atwood
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
27
Albert Camus
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
28
Jhumpa Lahiri
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
29
Roberto Bolano
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
30
Haruki Murakami
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
31
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
32
Khaled Hosseini
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
33
Franz Kafka
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
34
John Williams
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
35
Colson Whitehead
The Power (Naomi Alderman)
The Power
36
Naomi Alderman
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
37
Karen Joy Fowler
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
38
Philip Roth
Saturday (Ian McEwan)
Saturday
39
Ian McEwan
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
40
James Baldwin
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