1. to kill a mockingbird- harper lee
2. the catcher in the rye- j.d. salinger*
3. the perks of being a wallflower- stephen chobsky*
4. dandelion wine- ray bradbury
5. one hundred years of solitude- gabriel garcia marquez
6. a tree grows in brooklyn- betty smith*
7. everything is illuminated- jonathan safran foer
8. on the road- jack kerouac**
9. the picture of dorian gray- oscar wilde
9. lord of the flies- william golding*
10. middlesex- jeffrey eugenides
11. 1984- george orwell*
12. pride and prejudice- jane austen
13. this side of paradie- f. scott fitzgearld
14. the sun also rises- ernest hemingway**
15. a clockwork orange- anthony burgess
16. maus- art spiegelman
17. war and peace- leo tolstoy
18. breakfast at tiffany's- truman capote
19. the house on mango street- sandra cisneros
20. jane eyre- charlotte brönte
21. the bell jar- sylvia plath
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27. something by haruki murakami (i recommend "norwegian wood")
28. something by shakespare
29. brave new world- aldous huxley***
30. the bible*** (amended 6.6.13)
so i only have 24 books. i have a lot more classics that i need to read before i can finish this list. so accept this now and i promise to have an updated list by my 31st birthday.
*read in high school
**read in early twenties
***i haven't read.
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