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1001 Books to Read Before You Croak

This is a list of books that is compiled of books up to the early 2000s. Some of these I have never heard of before.
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
1
Kazuo Ishiguro
Saturday (Ian McEwan)
Saturday
2
Ian McEwan
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
3
Zadie Smith
Slow Man
Slow Man
4
Adjunct an Undigest
Adjunct an Undigest
5
The Sea (John Banville)
The Sea
6
John Banville
The Red Queen (Philippa Gregory)
The Red Queen
7
Philippa Gregory
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
8
Philip Roth
The Master (Colm Tóibín)
The Master
9
Colm Tóibín
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point
10
The Lambs of London
The Lambs of London
11
Dining on Stones
Dining on Stones
12
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
13
David Mitchell
Drop City
Drop City
14
The Colour
The Colour
15
Thursbitch
Thursbitch
16
The Light of Day
The Light of Day
17
What I Loved
What I Loved
18
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
19
Mark Haddon
Islands
Islands
20
Elizabeth Costello
Elizabeth Costello
21
London Orbital
London Orbital
22
Family Matters
Family Matters
23
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
24
Sarah Waters
The Double
The Double
25
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
26
Jonathan Safran Foer
Unless (Carol Shields)
Unless
27
Carol Shields
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
28
The Story of Lucy Gault (William Trevor)
The Story of Lucy Gault
29
William Trevor
That They May Face the Rising Sun
That They May Face the Rising Sun
30
In the Forest (Edna O'Brien)
In the Forest
31
Edna O'Brien
Shroud
Shroud
32
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
33
Jeffrey Eugenides
Youth
Youth
34
Dead Air
Dead Air
35
Nowhere Man
Nowhere Man
36
The Book of Illusions
The Book of Illusions
37
Gabriel's Gift
Gabriel's Gift
38
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
39
W.G. Sebald
Platform (Michel Houellebecq)
Platform
40
Michel Houellebecq
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