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Books to Read to Be Considered Well-Read

A list of books that are intrinsic to a good reading foundation (don't take it too seriously, its all in good fun).
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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Milan Kundera
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
2
Khaled Hosseini
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
3
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
4
Denis Johnson
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
5
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
6
William Shakespeare
The Oddessy (Homer)
The Oddessy
7
Homer
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
8
William Shakespeare
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
9
Homer
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
10
Walt Whitman
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
11
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
12
William Shakespeare
Cymbeline (William Shakespeare)
Cymbeline
13
William Shakespeare
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
14
Virginia Woolf
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
15
Kazuo Ishiguro
Pericles (William Shakespeare)
Pericles
16
William Shakespeare
Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales (Angela Carter)
Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales
17
Angela Carter
Henry IV, Part I (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part I
18
William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part II (Simon Callow)
Henry IV, Part II
19
Simon Callow
Henry VIII (William Shakespeare)
Henry VIII
20
William Shakespeare
Henry VI Part 1 (William Shakespeare)
Henry VI Part 1
21
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
22
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
23
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
24
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
25
William Shakespeare
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
26
Toni Morrison
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
27
William Shakespeare
Richard II (William Shakespeare)
Richard II
28
William Shakespeare
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
29
Zora Neale Hurston
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
30
William Shakespeare
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
31
Toni Morrison
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
32
Philip Roth
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
33
William Shakespeare
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
34
Alice Walker
Venus in Furs (Masoch)
Venus in Furs
35
Masoch
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
36
Jane Austen
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
37
William Shakespeare
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
38
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Love's Labor's Lost (William Shakespeare)
Love's Labor's Lost
39
William Shakespeare
The Thing Around Your Neck (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
The Thing Around Your Neck
40
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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