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Books to Read Before Going to College

this is a list of books I have that I want to read before I move out to go to college. I have started some of them, I haven't started others.
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The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
1
Virgil
Alice Adams (Booth Tarkington)
Alice Adams
2
Booth Tarkington
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
3
Gertrude Stein
The Bostonians (Henry James)
The Bostonians
4
Henry James
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
5
John Boyne
China in Ten Words (Yu Hua)
China in Ten Words
6
Yu Hua
Chinese Cinderella (Adeline Yen Mah)
Chinese Cinderella
7
Adeline Yen Mah
The Colossus and Other Poems (Sylvia Plath)
The Colossus and Other Poems
8
Sylvia Plath
The Cold War (John Lewis Gaddis)
The Cold War
9
John Lewis Gaddis
De Profundis (Oscar Wilde)
De Profundis
10
Oscar Wilde
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
11
Anne Frank
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
12
Bram Stoker
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
13
Robert Louis Stevenson
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
14
Edgar Allan Poe
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
15
Jane Austen
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
16
V.C. Andrews
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
17
Mary Shelley
Frankissstein (Jeanette Winterson)
Frankissstein
18
Jeanette Winterson
The Ghost Road (Pat Barker)
The Ghost Road
19
Pat Barker
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
20
Jeannette Walls
Gulag: A History (Anne Applebaum)
Gulag: A History
21
Anne Applebaum
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
22
Margaret Atwood
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
23
Shirley Jackson
Histories (Herodotus)
Histories
24
Herodotus
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
25
George Orwell
It Devours! (Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor)
It Devours!
26
Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
27
Banana Yoshimoto
The Last of the Tsars: Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution (Robert Service)
The Last of the Tsars: Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution
28
Robert Service
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
29
Walt Whitman
The Little Friend (Donna Tartt)
The Little Friend
30
Donna Tartt
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
31
Louisa May Alcott
Lucia in London (E.F. Benson)
Lucia in London
32
E.F. Benson
The Man Who Invented History (Justin Marozzi)
The Man Who Invented History
33
Justin Marozzi
Middlesex (Jeffrey Euginedes)
Middlesex
34
Jeffrey Euginedes
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (Mary McCarthy)
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
35
Mary McCarthy
Metamorphosis (Ovid)
Metamorphosis
36
Ovid
Moon Over Manifest (Clare Vanderpool)
Moon Over Manifest
37
Clare Vanderpool
Mr Palomar (Italo Calvino)
Mr Palomar
38
Italo Calvino
Night (Elie Weisel)
Night
39
Elie Weisel
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
40
Haruki Murakami
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