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Books to Be More "Well Read"

A list of a variety of books to read to be considered "well read". A mix of classics and contemporary books.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
2
Chinua Achebe
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
3
Charles Dickens
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
4
Jane Austen
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
5
Homer
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
6
Anne Brontë
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
7
Celeste Ng
Joan Didion Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion Year of Magical Thinking
8
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
9
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
10
Franz Kafka
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
11
Ray Bradbury
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
12
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
13
Jane Austen
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
14
Charles Dickens
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
15
John Steinbeck
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
16
Hanya Yanagihara
The Crow Road (Iain Banks)
The Crow Road
17
Iain Banks
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
18
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)
Small Things Like These
19
Claire Keegan
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
20
Charlotte Bronte
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
21
Gabrielle Zevin
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
22
George Eliot
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
23
Mary Shelley
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
24
Bram Stoker
Ann of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery)
Ann of Green Gables
25
Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
26
Sylvia Plath
All About Love, Bell Hooks
All About Love, Bell Hooks
27
Lady Susan (Jane Austen)
Lady Susan
28
Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
29
Emily Bronte
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
30
Maya Angelou
A Rasin in the Sun
A Rasin in the Sun
31
The Vagina Monologues (Eve Ensler)
The Vagina Monologues
32
Eve Ensler
She Would Be King (Wayetu Moore)
She Would Be King
33
Wayetu Moore
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
34
Haruki Murakami
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
35
Elie Wiesel
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
36
Jeff Vandermeer
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) (David Sedaris)
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
37
David Sedaris
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
38
Arthur Miller
The Book Theif (Markus Zusak)
The Book Theif
39
Markus Zusak
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
40
James Baldwin
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