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Classics and Popular Books to Read Over the Next 5 Years

I recently joined a 5-year challenge to read 100 books to "fill in the gaps" in the participant's reading. The idea being to read classics/popular books that you somehow missed.
My list is comprised of mostly books from "1001 books to read before you die" and the SF Masterworks series, as well as a handful of popular books that everyone seems to have read but me. I intend to have read all of these by summer 2024!
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
1
Charlotte Bronte
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
2
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
3
Charles Dickens
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
4
William Shakespeare
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
5
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
6
Gillian Flynn
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
7
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
8
Jane Austen
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
9
Anthony Burgess
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
10
Diana Gabaldon
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
11
Arthur Golden
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
12
Stieg Larsson
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
13
Sylvia Plath
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
14
Jane Austen
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
15
George Eliot
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
16
Jeffrey Eugenides
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
17
Agatha Christie
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
18
Andy Weir
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
19
Margaret Atwood
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
20
Ernest Hemingway
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
21
George Eliot
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
22
Mario Puzo
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
23
E.M. Forster
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
24
James Joyce
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
25
Kazuo Ishiguro
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
26
Celeste Ng
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
27
Anne Brontë
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
28
Henry David Thoreau
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
29
Agatha Christie
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
The Neverending Story
30
Michael Ende
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
31
Arthur Conan Doyle
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
32
Daphne Du Maurier
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
33
Mitch Albom
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
34
Ray Bradbury
The Wise Man's Fear (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Wise Man's Fear
35
Patrick Rothfuss
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
36
Thomas Harris
Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's List
37
Thomas Keneally
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
38
George Orwell
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
39
William Shakespeare
A Series of Unfortunate Events Series (Lemony Snicket)
A Series of Unfortunate Events Series
40
Lemony Snicket
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