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Books to Read If One Wants to Be Well Read (For Real)

I try only to recommend books that I've read. Quite a few of these are difficult in terms of their subject matter, but it seems better to know than not to know. Keep on reading, everyone!
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100 Love Sonnets (Pablo Neruda)
100 Love Sonnets
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Pablo Neruda
100 Selected Poems (E.E. Cummings)
100 Selected Poems
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E.E. Cummings
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
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George Orwell
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
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Arthur C. Clarke
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
5
Stephen Hawking
A Coney Island of the Mind (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
A Coney Island of the Mind
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
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John Kennedy Toole
A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror
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Barbara Tuchman
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
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Henrik Ibsen
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway - 1929)
A Farewell to Arms
10
Ernest Hemingway - 1929
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica
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Richard Hughes
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
12
E.M. Forster
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
13
Lorraine Hansberry
A River Runs Through It (Norman MacLean)
A River Runs Through It
14
Norman MacLean
A Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
A Sentimental Education
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Gustave Flaubert
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Bill Bryson
A Shropshire Lad (A. E. Housman)
A Shropshire Lad
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A. E. Housman
A Streetcar Named Desire (By Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire (By Tennessee Williams)
18
A Thousand Mornings (Mary Oliver)
A Thousand Mornings
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Mary Oliver
A View From the Bridge
A View From the Bridge
20
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
21
William Faulkner
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
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Virgil
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
Against Interpretation
23
Susan Sontag
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
24
Lewis Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
25
Erich Maria Remarque
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
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Cormac McCarthy
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (Stephen Kinzer)
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
27
Stephen Kinzer
American Primitive (Mary Oliver)
American Primitive
28
Mary Oliver
Amusing Ourselves to Death (Neil Postman)
Amusing Ourselves to Death
29
Neil Postman
An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde)
An Ideal Husband
30
Oscar Wilde
An Unsuitable Attachment (Barbara Pym)
An Unsuitable Attachment
31
Barbara Pym
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
32
Leo Tolstoy
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
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L.M. Montgomery
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
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Sophocles
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
35
Sylvia Plath
Atlantic (Simon Winchester)
Atlantic
36
Simon Winchester
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
37
Ian McEwan
Barry Lyndon (William Thackeray)
Barry Lyndon
38
William Thackeray
Being and Nothingness (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Being and Nothingness
39
Jean-Paul Sartre
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami
40
Guy De Maupassant
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