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In an Attempt to Be Well-Read - Page 3

I haven't read all of these, and of the ones I have read, I don't think they're all good books. In fact, I would argue that several aren't good (or, alternatively, aren't interesting, which is even worse). But to me, this is a solid foundation for being "well-read."
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The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
81
Kathryn Stockett
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped
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Margot Lee Shetterly
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Douglas Adams
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
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Louis Sachar
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
86
Suzanne Collins
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
87
Richard Matheson
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
88
Malala Yousafzai
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
89
Maya Angelou
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
90
Homer
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
91
Rebecca Skloot
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
92
Truman Capote
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno
93
Dante
Infidel
Infidel
94
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
95
David Foster Wallace
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
96
Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
97
Jon Krakauer
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
98
Charlotte Bronte
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
99
Upton Sinclair
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
100
Rudyard Kipling
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park
101
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Sheryl Sandberg)
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
102
Sheryl Sandberg
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
103
Victor Hugo
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
104
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
105
Vladimir Nabokov
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom
106
Nelson Mandela
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
107
Ishmael Beah
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
108
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
109
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
110
Shirley Jackson
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
111
Gabriel García Márquez
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
112
Alice Sebold
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
113
William Shakespeare
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
114
Andy Weir
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
115
Roald Dahl
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
116
Art Spiegelman
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
117
David Sedaris
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
118
Arthur Golden
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
119
William Shakespeare
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
120
Stephen King
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