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Monika's 250 Books to Read by 40

With a little over 5 years to go, I decided that it was a good idea to make a list of 250 books I want to have under my belt when I'm 40 (in the year of 2023). Some are books I want to read again and the rest are what popped into my head at 34. Should be a little of everything and all my from my shelves. Hopefully ListChallenges is still around then.
(Knowing myself right I'll probably end up reading every book but the ones on this list.)
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13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl (Mona Awad)
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
1
Mona Awad
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
2
Roberto Bolano
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
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Edith Wharton
Almost Transparent Blue - Ryu Murakami
Almost Transparent Blue - Ryu Murakami
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American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
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Neil Gaiman
An African in Greenland (Tété-Michel Kpomassie)
An African in Greenland
6
Tété-Michel Kpomassie
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
7
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
8
Leo Tolstoy
Antarctic Navigation (Elizabeth Arthur)
Antarctic Navigation
9
Elizabeth Arthur
Apocalypse for Beginners (Nicolas Dickner)
Apocalypse for Beginners
10
Nicolas Dickner
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
11
Jules Verne
At Swim, Two Boys (Jamie O'Neill)
At Swim, Two Boys
12
Jamie O'Neill
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
13
Flann O'Brien
August Is a Wicked Month (Edna O'Brien)
August Is a Wicked Month
14
Edna O'Brien
Bad Behaviour (Mary Gaitskill)
Bad Behaviour
15
Mary Gaitskill
Bear (Marian Engel)
Bear
16
Marian Engel
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
17
Beauty Is a Wound (Eka Kurniawan)
Beauty Is a Wound
18
Eka Kurniawan
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
19
Richard Fariña
The Beggar Maid
The Beggar Maid
20
Bestialitetens Historie (Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe)
Bestialitetens Historie
21
Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe
Blaming
Blaming
22
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
23
Charles Dickens
Blonde (Joyce Carol Oates)
Blonde
24
Joyce Carol Oates
The Blood Miracles (Lisa McInerney)
The Blood Miracles
25
Lisa McInerney
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
26
Toni Morrison
Bodies of Light (Sarah Moss)
Bodies of Light
27
Sarah Moss
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
28
Keri Hulme
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
29
Tom Wolfe
Bonjour Tristesse by Francois Sagan
Bonjour Tristesse by Francois Sagan
30
Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
Book of Laughter and Forgetting
31
Milan Kundera
A Boy's Own Story (Edmund White)
A Boy's Own Story
32
Edmund White
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
33
Kurt Vonnegut
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
34
Evelyn Waugh
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY (Jay McInerney)
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY
35
Jay McInerney
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock
36
Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
Brooklyn
37
Colm Toibin
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
38
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Burial Rites (Hannah Kent)
Burial Rites
39
Hannah Kent
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
40
Dee Brown
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