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How to Be Well Read: A Guide to 500 Great Novels and a Handful of Literary Curiosities

This is a (hopefully complete) list of books mentioned in "How to be Well Read: A guide to 500 great novels and a handful of literary curiosities" by John Sutherland. One of the titles (Gaslight, Gaiters and Gonophs by Jack Northcliffe) was a fake novel, so it's not on this list.
All the items you see here are Sutherland's choice, not mine.
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Aaron's Rod (D.H. Lawrence)
Aaron's Rod
1
D.H. Lawrence
Abba Abba (Anthony Burgess)
Abba Abba
2
Anthony Burgess
Absolute Beginners (Colin Macinnes)
Absolute Beginners
3
Colin Macinnes
Accordion Crimes (Annie Proulx)
Accordion Crimes
4
Annie Proulx
Across the River and Into the Trees (Ernest Hemingway)
Across the River and Into the Trees
5
Ernest Hemingway
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
6
George Eliot
Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years (Sue Townsend)
Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years
7
Sue Townsend
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
8
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Baron Münchausen (Rudolf Erich Raspe)
The Adventures of Baron Münchausen
9
Rudolf Erich Raspe
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
10
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
11
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Aerodrome: A Love Story (Rex Warner)
The Aerodrome: A Love Story
12
Rex Warner
The African Queen (C.S. Forester)
The African Queen
13
C.S. Forester
After Midnight (Irmgard Keun)
After Midnight
14
Irmgard Keun
Against Nature (Joris-Karl Huysmans)
Against Nature
15
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Alfie (Bill Naughton)
Alfie
16
Bill Naughton
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
17
Lewis Carroll
Alien (Alan Dean Foster)
Alien
18
Alan Dean Foster
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
19
Erich Maria Remarque
All Souls (Javier Marías)
All Souls
20
Javier Marías
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
21
Henry James
An American Dream (Norman Mailer)
An American Dream
22
Norman Mailer
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
23
Neil Gaiman
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
24
Theodore Dreiser
Amok (Stefan Zweig)
Amok
25
Stefan Zweig
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
26
Agatha Christie
Angel Pavement (J.B. Priestly)
Angel Pavement
27
J.B. Priestly
The Angels of Mons (Arthur Machen)
The Angels of Mons
28
Arthur Machen
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
29
Leo Tolstoy
Anna of the Five Towns (Arnold Bennett)
Anna of the Five Towns
30
Arnold Bennett
The Apes of God (Wyndham Lewis)
The Apes of God
31
Wyndham Lewis
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
32
Jules Verne
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
33
William Faulkner
Ask the Dust (John Fante)
Ask the Dust
34
John Fante
The Aspern Papers (Henry James)
The Aspern Papers
35
Henry James
L'assommoir (Emile Zola)
L'assommoir
36
Emile Zola
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
37
Flann O'Brien
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
38
Ayn Rand
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
39
Ian McEwan
August 1914 (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
40
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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