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How Well-Read Are You?

Buzzfeed's list published on April 2nd, 2014 of all the books you should read if you want to be considered a well-read person.
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
1
Chinua Achebe
In Memorium to Identity (Kathy Acker)
In Memorium to Identity (Kathy Acker)
2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
3
Douglas Adams
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
4
Dante Alighieri
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
5
Kingsley Amis
Fairytales (Hans Christian Andersen)
Fairytales
6
Hans Christian Andersen
Winesberg Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesberg Ohio
7
Sherwood Anderson
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
8
Margaret Atwood
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
9
Jane Austen
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
10
James Baldwin
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
11
J.G. Ballard
Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot
12
Honore De Balzac
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnameable (Samuel Beckett)
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnameable
13
Samuel Beckett
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
14
Saul Bellow
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
15
Judy Blume
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
16
Giovanni Boccaccio
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
17
Jorge Luis Borges
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
18
Elizabeth Bowen
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
19
Emily Bronte
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
20
Anthony Burgess
Possession (Byatt)
Possession
21
Byatt
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
22
Albert Camus
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
23
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
24
Miguel De Cervantes
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
25
Raymond Chandler
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
26
Geoffrey Chaucer
Stories: Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Stories: Anton Chekhov
27
Anton Chekhov
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
28
Charles Dickens
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist
29
Denis Diderot
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
30
Joan Didion
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
31
Alfred Döblin
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
32
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
33
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
34
Philip K. Dick
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
35
George Eliot
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
36
Bret Easton Ellis
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
37
Ralph Ellison
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
38
Euripides
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
39
William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
40
William Faulkner
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