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25 Books to Read Before You Die

Spoiler alert: we’re all going to die. But instead of letting this information cause you to curl up in a ball and head into an existential tailspin, why not let it add some urgency to your reading list? Here are 25 books Powell’s employees think you need to read before going gently into that good night.
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2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
1
Roberto Bolaño
All About Love (Bell Hooks)
All About Love
2
Bell Hooks
Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
Desert Solitaire
3
Edward Abbey
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
4
J. M. Coetzee
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
5
Katherine Dunn
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
6
Marilynne Robinson
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
7
James Baldwin
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
8
Flannery O'Connor
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
9
Margaret Atwood
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
10
Douglas Adams
If on a Winters Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winters Night a Traveller
11
Italo Calvino
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
12
David Foster Wallace
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
13
Ursula K. Le Guin
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
14
Vladimir Nabokov
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
15
Viktor Frankl
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
16
Art Spiegelman
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
17
Kazuo Ishiguro
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
18
Howard Zinn
The Phantom Toolbooth
The Phantom Toolbooth
19
Poems by Elizabeth Bishop
Poems by Elizabeth Bishop
20
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
21
Kurt Vonnegut
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
22
Chinua Achebe
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
23
Harper Lee
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
24
Maurice Sendak
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
25
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