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Essential Books I'm Told I've Gotta Read

According to lists I've completed on this site, I'm supposed to read these books in school or before I turn 20 or 30 or 50 or before I die.
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... Not So Quiet (Helen Zenna Smith)
... Not So Quiet (Helen Zenna Smith)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom!
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Actual Air - David Berman
Actual Air - David Berman
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5
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid (Virgil)
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
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Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
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Alien vs. Predator - Michael Robbins
Alien vs. Predator - Michael Robbins
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All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Allen Steele (Coyote)
Allen Steele (Coyote)
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13
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
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The Ambassadors
The Ambassadors
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An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
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The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
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Artemis Fowl Series (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl Series (Eoin Colfer)
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21
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
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Atomised
Atomised
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Austerlitz
Austerlitz
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
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The Awakening
The Awakening
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Babbitt
Babbitt
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Bartimaeus Trilogy
Bartimaeus Trilogy
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29
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
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Beowulf
Beowulf
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Berlin Alexander-Platz
Berlin Alexander-Platz
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The Betrothed
The Betrothed
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The Bible
The Bible
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Birdsong
Birdsong
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The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
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Black Beauty
Black Beauty
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Bleak House
Bleak House
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