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Books to Read Before Your 30s

Some books that I have crossed off from my ever-growing trusty book list. How many have you read? (lots of sci fi!)
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Martha Quest (Children of Violence #1) (Doris Lessing)
Martha Quest (Children of Violence #1)
1
Doris Lessing
Random Family
Random Family
2
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
3
Donna Tartt
Broken Harbor (Tana French)
Broken Harbor
4
Tana French
Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund
5
The Grass Harp (Truman Capote)
The Grass Harp
6
Truman Capote
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
7
Ken Kesey
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
8
Vladimir Nabokov
Wise Guy (Filmed as Goodfellas — Nicholas Pileggi)
Wise Guy
9
Filmed as Goodfellas — Nicholas Pileggi
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
10
Giovanni Boccaccio
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
11
Philip K. Dick
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
12
Ray Bradbury
The October Country (Ray Bradbury)
The October Country
13
Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
14
Ray Bradbury
The Golden Apples of the Sun (Ray Bradbury)
The Golden Apples of the Sun
15
Ray Bradbury
A Medicine for Melancholy (Ray Bradbury)
A Medicine for Melancholy
16
Ray Bradbury
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
17
Ray Bradbury
Dandelion Wine (Ray Bradbury)
Dandelion Wine
18
Ray Bradbury
Down Below (Leonora Carrington)
Down Below
19
Leonora Carrington
The Great Railway Bazar (Paul Theroux)
The Great Railway Bazar
20
Paul Theroux
The Songlines
The Songlines
21
Babette's Feast (Isak Dinesen)
Babette's Feast
22
Isak Dinesen
The Valleys of the Assassins (Freya Stark)
The Valleys of the Assassins
23
Freya Stark
The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft: Dreams of Terror and Death (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft: Dreams of Terror and Death
24
H.P. Lovecraft
The Color Out of Space
The Color Out of Space
25
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
26
H.P. Lovecraft
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
The King in Yellow
27
Robert W. Chambers
WEST WITH THE NIGHT by Beryl Markham
WEST WITH THE NIGHT by Beryl Markham
28
Embassytown (China Miéville)
Embassytown
29
China Miéville
Myths and Legends of the Middle Ages (H.A. Guerber)
Myths and Legends of the Middle Ages
30
H.A. Guerber
Here I Am (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Here I Am
31
Jonathan Safran Foer
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
32
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
33
Philip K. Dick
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
34
Aldous Huxley
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
35
Isaac Asimov
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
36
John Wyndham
Ringworld (Larry Niven)
Ringworld
37
Larry Niven
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
38
Arthur C. Clarke
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
39
Michael Crichton
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
40
H.G. Wells
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