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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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made by Vickey Volk
avg. score: 5 of 40 (13%)
required scores: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 
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The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
2
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
3
Love Among the Chickens (P.G. Wodehouse)
Love Among the Chickens (P.G. Wodehouse)
4
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
5
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
6
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
7
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
8
The Stand
The Stand
9
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
10
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots (Alex Haley)
11
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
12
Necronomicon (H.P. Lovecraft)
Necronomicon (H.P. Lovecraft)
13
Bloodsucking Fiends
Bloodsucking Fiends
14
Rabid (Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy)
Rabid (Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy)
15
I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Jackie Robinson)
I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Jackie Robinson)
16
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
17
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
18
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian (Andy Weir)
19
Binti: Sacred Fire (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti: Sacred Fire (Nnedi Okorafor)
20
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
21
Dream of Red Chamber
Dream of Red Chamber
22
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
23
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
24
Razorblade Tears (S.A. Cosby)
Razorblade Tears (S.A. Cosby)
25
White Tears Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colour (Ruby Hamad)
White Tears Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colour (Ruby Hamad)
26
Persepolis
Persepolis
27
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
28
Still Alice (Lisa Genova)
Still Alice (Lisa Genova)
29
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Scott Lynch)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Scott Lynch)
30
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
31
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
32
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
33
Daylight Come (Diana McCauley)
Daylight Come (Diana McCauley)
34
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) (Anonymous)
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) (Anonymous)
35
The Museum of Abandoned Secrets (Oksana Zabuzhko)
The Museum of Abandoned Secrets (Oksana Zabuzhko)
36
White Shroud (Antanas Skema)
White Shroud (Antanas Skema)
37
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
38
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
39
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (NK Jemisin)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (NK Jemisin)
40
Y Is for Yesterday (Sue Grafton)
Y Is for Yesterday (Sue Grafton)
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