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V's 40 Before 40

It's my 39th birthday so I was looking at '40 before 40' lists and, quite frankly, most of the books I've read off of those lists were not good so I made my own.
#1-20 are books I want to reread and see if they're as good as I remember. (It's been 20+ years for some.)
#21-40 I want to read for the first time.
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avg. score: 5 of 40 (13%)
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The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
1
Bernhard Schlink
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked
2
Gregory Maguire
Love Among the Chickens (P.G. Wodehouse)
Love Among the Chickens
3
P.G. Wodehouse
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
4
Miguel De Cervantes
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
5
George Orwell
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (Philip Gourevitch)
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
6
Philip Gourevitch
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
7
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
8
Stephen King
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
9
Agatha Christie
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
10
Alex Haley
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
11
Victor Hugo
Necronomicon (H.P. Lovecraft)
Necronomicon
12
H.P. Lovecraft
Bloodsucking Fiends
Bloodsucking Fiends
13
Rabid (Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy)
Rabid
14
Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Jackie Robinson)
I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson
15
Jackie Robinson
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
16
Kurt Vonnegut
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
17
Lionel Shriver
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
18
Andy Weir
Binti: Sacred Fire (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti: Sacred Fire
19
Nnedi Okorafor
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale
20
Koushun Takami
Dream of Red Chamber
Dream of Red Chamber
21
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
22
John Steinbeck
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
23
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Razorblade Tears (S.A. Cosby)
Razorblade Tears
24
S.A. Cosby
White Tears Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colour (Ruby Hamad)
White Tears Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colour
25
Ruby Hamad
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
26
Marjane Satrapi
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
27
Yuval Noah Harari
Still Alice (Lisa Genova)
Still Alice
28
Lisa Genova
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Scott Lynch)
The Lies of Locke Lamora
29
Scott Lynch
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Name of the Wind
30
Patrick Rothfuss
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
31
Octavia Butler
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom
32
Nelson Mandela
Daylight Come (Diana McCauley)
Daylight Come
33
Diana McCauley
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) (Anonymous)
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights)
34
Anonymous
The Museum of Abandoned Secrets (Oksana Zabuzhko)
The Museum of Abandoned Secrets
35
Oksana Zabuzhko
White Shroud (Antanas Skema)
White Shroud
36
Antanas Skema
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
The Bridge on the Drina
37
Ivo Andrić
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
38
Laura Esquivel
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (NK Jemisin)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
39
NK Jemisin
Y Is for Yesterday (Sue Grafton)
Y Is for Yesterday
40
Sue Grafton
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