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Goodreads 2020 Update: Books You Need to Read to Be Considered Well-Read - Page 2

"Contemporary or classic novels, plays, poem and short story anthologies, that any serious reader should read at least once in his or her life." (Goodreads)
This challenge is perhaps a tad less "anglocentric" than the "BBC's 100 Best Books" challenge posted a few hours ago. But it might be interesting to compare this user-voted list vs that from an authoritative source like the BBC.
This is the state of the list in July 2020. Some duplicates have been removed.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
41
Lewis Carroll
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
42
Leo Tolstoy
The Agricola and the Germania (Tacitus)
The Agricola and the Germania
43
Tacitus
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
44
Joseph Heller
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
45
Vladimir Nabokov
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
46
Louisa May Alcott
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
47
O. Henry
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
48
Ernest Hemingway
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
49
Elie Wiesel
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
50
H.G. Wells
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
51
Margaret Mitchell
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha (Various)
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha
52
Various
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
53
Erich Maria Remarque
Brave New World Revisited (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World Revisited
54
Aldous Huxley
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
55
Toni Morrison
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
56
Charles Dickens
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
57
Alice Walker
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
58
Ken Kesey
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
59
Victor Hugo
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Inferno
60
Dante Alighieri
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
61
Daniel Defoe
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
62
William Shakespeare
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
63
Douglas Adams
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
64
Gustave Flaubert
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
65
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
66
J.R.R. Tolkien
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
67
E.B. White
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
68
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
69
Sophocles
The Chronicles of Narnia (7 Books) (C. S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia (7 Books)
70
C. S. Lewis
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
71
Marcel Proust
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
72
Chinua Achebe
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
73
Homer
Germania (Tacitus)
Germania
74
Tacitus
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
75
Sophocles
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
76
Paulo Coelho
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
77
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
78
Daniel Keyes
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm)
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
79
Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
80
Walt Whitman
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