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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Updated)

The 2018 update on the Peter Boxall book "1001 books you must read before you die". Note that there are only 999 books not 1001 as advertised. Enjoy!
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One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
One Thousand and One Nights
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Anonymous
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
2
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
3
Murasaki Shikibu
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
4
Luo Guanzhong
The Water Margin (Shī Nài'ān)
The Water Margin
5
Shī Nài'ān
The Golden Ass (Apuleius)
The Golden Ass
6
Apuleius
Tirant Lo Blanc (Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba)
Tirant Lo Blanc
7
Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba
Celestina (Fernando De Rojas)
Celestina
8
Fernando De Rojas
Amadis of Gaul (Garci Rodriguez De Montalvo)
Amadis of Gaul
9
Garci Rodriguez De Montalvo
Two Spanish Picaresque Novels the Swindler and Lazarillo De Tormes (Francisco De Quevedo & Anonymous)
Two Spanish Picaresque Novels the Swindler and Lazarillo De Tormes
10
Francisco De Quevedo & Anonymous
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
11
François Rabelais
The Lusiads (Luís Vaz De Camões)
The Lusiads
12
Luís Vaz De Camões
Monkey King (Wu Cheng'en)
Monkey King
13
Wu Cheng'en
The Unfortunate Traveller (Thomas Nashe)
The Unfortunate Traveller
14
Thomas Nashe
Thomas of Reading
Thomas of Reading
15
Don Quixote (Miguel Cervantes)
Don Quixote
16
Miguel Cervantes
The Travels of Persiles and Sigismunda (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
The Travels of Persiles and Sigismunda
17
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
The Conquest of New Spain
The Conquest of New Spain
18
The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus (Hans Jakob Christoffel Von Grimmelshausen)
The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus
19
Hans Jakob Christoffel Von Grimmelshausen
The Princesse De Clèves (Madame De La Fayette, Trans. Robin Buss)
The Princesse De Clèves
20
Madame De La Fayette, Trans. Robin Buss
Oroonoko (Alphra Behn)
Oroonoko
21
Alphra Behn
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
22
Daniel Defoe
Love in Excess (Eliza Haywood)
Love in Excess
23
Eliza Haywood
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
24
Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
25
Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal
26
Jonathan Swift
Joseph Andrews/Shamela (Henry Fielding)
Joseph Andrews/Shamela
27
Henry Fielding
Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
28
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela
29
Samuel Richardson
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
30
Samuel Richardson
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
31
Henry Fielding
Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (John Cleland)
Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
32
John Cleland
Peregrine Pickle (Tobias Smollett)
Peregrine Pickle
33
Tobias Smollett
The Female Quixote (Charlotte Lennox)
The Female Quixote
34
Charlotte Lennox
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
35
Voltaire
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (Samuel Johnson)
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
36
Samuel Johnson
Julie, or the New Heloise
Julie, or the New Heloise
37
Émile; Or, on Education
Émile; Or, on Education
38
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
39
Horace Walpole
The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
The Vicar of Wakefield
40
Oliver Goldsmith
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