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NOT the 50 Books You Must Read Before You Die

To quote The Telegraph: "Last week, Michael Gove said that children should read 50 books a year. For grown-ups anxious to keep up, Iain Hollingshead offers some tongue-in-cheek literary advice".
I suspect the more books on the list you have read, the more enjoyment you should derive from the source article.
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
1
James Joyce
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
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Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
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The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
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The Outsider (Albert Camus)
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Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
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Voltaire
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
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The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos)
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Choderlos De Laclos
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
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17
Leo Tolstoy
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
18
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
19
Paulo Coelho
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
20
Stieg Larsson
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
21
Elizabeth Gilbert
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
22
Philip Roth
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
23
Hunter S. Thompson
Snobs (Julian Fellowes)
Snobs
24
Julian Fellowes
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
25
Stephen Hawking
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
26
A Short History of Tractors in UKrainian (Marina Lewycka)
A Short History of Tractors in UKrainian
27
Marina Lewycka
Polo (Jilly Cooper)
Polo
28
Jilly Cooper
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
29
Sebastian Faulks
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
30
Richard Dawkins
Does Anything Eat Wasps (New Scientist)
Does Anything Eat Wasps
31
New Scientist
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus (John Gray)
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
32
John Gray
The Game (Neil Strauss)
The Game
33
Neil Strauss
The Female Eunuch (Germaine Greer)
The Female Eunuch
34
Germaine Greer
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Outliers
35
Malcolm Gladwell
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
36
Dale Carnegie
The Fry Chronicles (Stephen Fry)
The Fry Chronicles
37
Stephen Fry
Status Anxiety
Status Anxiety
38
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
39
Frank McCourt
A Journey (Tony Blair)
A Journey
40
Tony Blair
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