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Books to Pat Yourself on the Back for Reading

Whether these books are difficult, lengthy, or just deal with heavy subject matter, there's no harm on congratulating yourself for finally finishing them.
...all right, that's enough, don't get too cocky.
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1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
1
Haruki Murakami
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
2
Roberto Bolaño
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
3
William Faulkner
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
4
Vladimir Nabokov
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
5
Virgil
Against Interpretation
Against Interpretation
6
Almanac of the Dead (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Almanac of the Dead
7
Leslie Marmon Silko
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
8
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
9
Leo Tolstoy
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
10
William Faulkner
Being and Time
Being and Time
11
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
12
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
13
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
14
Charles Dickens
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
15
Cormac McCarthy
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
16
Angela Carter
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
17
Stephen Hawking
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
18
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
19
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
20
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
21
Franz Kafka
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
22
Leslie Marmon Silko
City of God
City of God
23
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean Auel)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
24
Jean Auel
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
25
Samuel Richardson
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
26
David Mitchell
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
27
Alice Walker
Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
Count of Monte Cristo
28
Alexander Dumas
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
29
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Pure Reason
30
Immanuel Kant
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
31
Samuel R. Delany
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
32
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
33
Dante Alighieri
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
34
Miguel De Cervantes
Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Xueqin)
Dream of the Red Chamber
35
Cao Xueqin
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
36
Frank Herbert
Dust (Yvonne Owuor)
Dust
37
Yvonne Owuor
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
38
John Steinbeck
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
39
Jane Austen
The English Patient
The English Patient
40
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