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Books Kate Will Read Before Starting Any New Shows

I watch too much TV because it's what I automatically go to when I get home from work or get bored. So, while I intend to keep up with the few shows I actually enjoy and don't just watch to pass the time, I want to read these 100 books before I start any new shows. My goal is to read them all by the end of 2015, but since I'm getting a late start I can't guarantee it.
This list includes some of the most well known books ever written, most of which I have never read, it has been a significant amount of time since I read them, or I read them for class and therefore didn't pay as much attention to the actual writing and story.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
2
Anthony Burgess
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
3
Ernest Hemingway
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
4
Ernest J. Gaines
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
5
Erich Maria Remarque
All the Kings Men
All the Kings Men
6
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
7
Theodore Dreiser
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
8
George Orwell
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
9
Anne Frank
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
10
Jules Verne
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
11
William Faulkner
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
12
Ian McEwan
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
13
Charles Dickens
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
14
Aldous Huxley
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
15
Joseph Heller
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
16
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno
17
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
18
Charles Dickens
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
19
Miguel De Cervantes
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
20
Bram Stoker
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
21
Orson Scott Card
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
22
Ray Bradbury
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
23
Mary Shelley
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted
24
Susanna Kaysen
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
25
Gillian Flynn
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
26
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
27
John Steinbeck
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
28
Charles Dickens
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
29
Joseph Conrad
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
30
Maya Angelou
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
31
Truman Capote
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
32
Jules Verne
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
33
Sir Thomas Malory
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
34
Walt Whitman
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
35
Victor Hugo
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
36
Yann Martel
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
37
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
38
William Golding
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
39
Arthur Golden
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
40
George Eliot
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