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Books to Read Before Turning 50

This is my selected pile of books I would like to read as soon as possible. Which is your favourite?
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
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Homer
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
2
Homer
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
3
Virgil
The Complete Euripides (Euripides)
The Complete Euripides
4
Euripides
The Theban Plays (Sophocles)
The Theban Plays
5
Sophocles
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
6
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Devils
The Devils
7
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
8
Alexandre Dumas
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
9
George Eliot
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
10
Elizabeth Gaskell
Dr Zivago
Dr Zivago
11
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
12
Nikolai Gogol
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
13
Joseph Heller
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
14
Margaret Mitchell
100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
15
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
16
Gabriel García Marquez
The Arabian Nights (Sir Richard Burton)
The Arabian Nights
17
Sir Richard Burton
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andric)
The Bridge on the Drina
18
Ivo Andric
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
19
Henryk Sienkiewicz
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
20
Stendhal
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
21
Stendhal
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
22
Haruki Murakami
Killing Commendatore (Haruki Murakami)
Killing Commendatore
23
Haruki Murakami
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
24
Roberto Bolaño
Arthurian Romances (Chrétien De Troyes)
Arthurian Romances
25
Chrétien De Troyes
Shakespeare Complete Works
Shakespeare Complete Works
26
The Way by Swann's (Marcel Proust)
The Way by Swann's
27
Marcel Proust
The Dark Night of the Soul (St. John of the Cross)
The Dark Night of the Soul
28
St. John of the Cross
Ullyses (James Joyce)
Ullyses
29
James Joyce
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
30
Murasaki Shikibu
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
31
John Milton
Ethics
Ethics
32
Decameron (Boccaccio)
Decameron
33
Boccaccio
Paradise Regained (John Milton)
Paradise Regained
34
John Milton
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
35
J.K. Rowling
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
36
China Mieville
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
37
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
38
Albert Camus
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
39
Albert Camus
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
40
Jack Kerouac
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