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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 (Mona Awad)
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2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
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Almost Transparent Blue - Ryu Murakami
Almost Transparent Blue - Ryu Murakami
5
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
6
An African in Greenland (Tété-Michel Kpomassie)
An African in Greenland (Tété-Michel Kpomassie)
7
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
8
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
9
Antarctic Navigation (Elizabeth Arthur)
Antarctic Navigation (Elizabeth Arthur)
10
Apocalypse for Beginners (Nicolas Dickner)
Apocalypse for Beginners (Nicolas Dickner)
11
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days
12
At Swim, Two Boys (Jamie O'neill)
At Swim, Two Boys (Jamie O'neill)
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13
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'brien)
14
August Is a Wicked Month (Edna O'brien)
August Is a Wicked Month (Edna O'brien)
15
Bad Behaviour (Mary Gaitskill)
Bad Behaviour (Mary Gaitskill)
16
Bear (Marian Engel)
Bear (Marian Engel)
17
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
18
Beauty Is a Wound (Eka Kurniawan)
Beauty Is a Wound (Eka Kurniawan)
19
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me (Richard Fariña)
20
The Beggar Maid
The Beggar Maid
21
Bestialitetens Historie (Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe)
Bestialitetens Historie (Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe)
22
Blaming
Blaming
23
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
24
Blonde
Blonde
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25
The Blood Miracles (Lisa Mcinerney)
The Blood Miracles (Lisa Mcinerney)
26
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
27
Bodies of Light (Sarah Moss)
Bodies of Light (Sarah Moss)
28
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
29
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
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Bonjour Tristesse by Francois Sagan
Bonjour Tristesse by Francois Sagan
31
Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
32
A Boy's Own Story
A Boy's Own Story
33
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
34
Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
35
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY
36
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock
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37
Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
38
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
39
Burial Rites (Hannah Kent)
Burial Rites (Hannah Kent)
40
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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