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Books to Read Until I'm 40

A sample of books that I have yet to read, but am committed to finishing until I'm 40 years old. The list is not conclusive, since I'm not a native English speaker, so a separate list is dedicated to my native country's literature cannon.
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Finnegan's Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegan's Wake
1
James Joyce
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
2
James Joyce
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
3
James Joyce
The Crow (Ted Hughes)
The Crow
4
Ted Hughes
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (Sylvia Plath)
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
5
Sylvia Plath
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
6
Harper Lee
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
7
Daphne Du Maurier
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
8
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beautiful and the Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and the Damned
9
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
10
Robert Louis Stevenson
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
11
Robert Louis Stevenson
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
12
Vladimir Nabokov
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
13
Tom Wolfe
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
14
Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
15
Haruki Murakami
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
16
Cormac McCarthy
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
17
Arthur Miller
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
18
Arthur Miller
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
19
James Baldwin
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
20
James M. Cain
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
21
Thomas Pynchon
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
22
David Foster Wallace
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
23
Ken Kesey
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
24
Kurt Vonnegut
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
25
Erich Maria Remarque
The Black Obelisk (Erich Maria Remarque)
The Black Obelisk
26
Erich Maria Remarque
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
27
E.M. Forster
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
28
William Shakespeare
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
29
Emily Brontë
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
30
Stephen King
Catch 22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch 22
31
Joseph Heller
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
32
Leo Tolstoy
Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Brothers Karamazov
33
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
34
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
35
Fyodor Dostoevsky
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
36
Leo Tolstoy
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
37
Nikolai Gogol
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
38
Mikhail Bulgakov
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago
39
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
40
Stanislaw Lem
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