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It's less than 18 months to my 30th birthday. I will read these 53 books by then. Wish me luck.
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Pride and Prejudice
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The Lord of the Rings
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Siddhartha
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The Odyssey
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1984
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Lord of the Flies
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The Grapes of Wrath
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The Iliad
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The Sun Also Rises
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Lolita
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On the Road
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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The Catcher in the Rye
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The Great Gatsby
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Beloved
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Don Quixote
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To the Lighthouse
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Invisible Man
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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A Clockwork Orange
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Crime and Punishment
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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War and Peace
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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The Origin of Species
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The Wind in the Willows
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Catch-22
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The Master and Margarita
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The Secret History
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Jesus’ Son
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The Complete Stories
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The Road
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The Complete Maus
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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Middlesex
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Ghost World
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Cat’s Cradle
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Infinite Jest
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The Trial
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Fahrenheit 451
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Treasure Island
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Rights of Man
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The Social Contract
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The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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The Art of War
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David Copperfield
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Four Quartets
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Walden or, Life in the Woods
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The Republic
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
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Apr 04, 2015 12:27AM
You must have passed your 30th birthday by now :-) How many, and which, books of your list of 53 did you manage to read?
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