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Books That Really Should Have Been Read by Now

A list of titles I really should have read by now, as included in previous challenges (all in the past now).
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The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
1
Italo Calvino
Beauty Is a Wound (Eka Kurniawan)
Beauty Is a Wound
2
Eka Kurniawan
Berlin Stories (Robert Walser)
Berlin Stories
3
Robert Walser
Black Spring (Henry Miller)
Black Spring
4
Henry Miller
Black Swan Green (David Mitchell)
Black Swan Green
5
David Mitchell
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
6
Milan Kundera
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (David Foster Wallace)
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
7
David Foster Wallace
Bright (Duanwad Pimwana)
Bright
8
Duanwad Pimwana
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
9
Franz Kafka
Children of the Albatross (Anaïs Nin)
Children of the Albatross
10
Anaïs Nin
Cities of the Interior (Anais Nin)
Cities of the Interior
11
Anais Nin
Cold Spring Harbor (Richard Yates)
Cold Spring Harbor
12
Richard Yates
Collages (Anais Nin)
Collages
13
Anais Nin
The Complete Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
The Complete Cosmicomics
14
Italo Calvino
The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust (Marcel Proust)
The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust
15
Marcel Proust
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
16
Giovanni Boccaccio
Earthlings (Sayuka Murata)
Earthlings
17
Sayuka Murata
The Easter Parade (Richard Yates)
The Easter Parade
18
Richard Yates
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
19
Tom Wolfe
The End of the Moment We Had (Toshiki Okada)
The End of the Moment We Had
20
Toshiki Okada
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
21
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Fraction of the Whole (Steve Toltz)
A Fraction of the Whole
22
Steve Toltz
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
23
James Baldwin
Glass Bead Game
Glass Bead Game
24
Good Morning, Midnight (Jean Rhys)
Good Morning, Midnight
25
Jean Rhys
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
26
J.R.R. Tolkien
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
27
Italo Calvino
Immortality (Milan Kundera)
Immortality
28
Milan Kundera
Include Me Out (María Sonia Cristoff)
Include Me Out
29
María Sonia Cristoff
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
30
David Foster Wallace
Junky (William S Burroughs)
Junky
31
William S Burroughs
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
32
Haruki Murakami
Kinshu: Autumn Brocade (Teru Miyamoto)
Kinshu: Autumn Brocade
33
Teru Miyamoto
Laughable Loves (Milan Kundera)
Laughable Loves
34
Milan Kundera
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
35
Ursula K. Le Guin
Life Is Elsewhere (Milan Kundera)
Life Is Elsewhere
36
Milan Kundera
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
37
Virginia Woolf
My Year of Meats, Ruth Ozeki
My Year of Meats, Ruth Ozeki
38
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
39
William S. Burroughs
The Nonexistent Knight (Italo Calvino)
The Nonexistent Knight
40
Italo Calvino
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