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3 Books - Neil Pasricha's Search for the 1000 Most Formative Books (1/4)

The first 250 (1000-751) books from Neil Pasricha's podcast 3 Books, which is an approximately 15 year long mission to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Started in March 2018, the podcast concludes in September 2031. This is part 1 that includes the first 250 books. I plan to update with parts 2-4 as the books are named.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends (Shel Silverstein)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1
Shel Silverstein
Hard Times (Studs Terkel)
Hard Times
2
Studs Terkel
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
3
Richard Bach
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
4
Hunter S. Thompson
The Book of Est (Luke Rhinehart)
The Book of Est
5
Luke Rhinehart
See You at the Top (Zig Ziglar)
See You at the Top
6
Zig Ziglar
Linchpin
Linchpin
7
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
8
Judy Blume
Autobiography of a Face (Lucy Grealy)
Autobiography of a Face
9
Lucy Grealy
Light Boxes (Shane Jones)
Light Boxes
10
Shane Jones
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods
11
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
12
Benjamin Franklin
Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
13
Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans)
Madeline
14
Ludwig Bemelmans
Oz (Oz Books)
Oz (Oz Books)
15
Heaven to Betsy / Betsy in Spite of Herself (Maud Hart Lovelace)
Heaven to Betsy / Betsy in Spite of Herself
16
Maud Hart Lovelace
You Can Win (Shiv Khera)
You Can Win
17
Shiv Khera
The Magic of Thinking Big
The Magic of Thinking Big
18
Who Moved My Cheese? (Spencer Johnson)
Who Moved My Cheese?
19
Spencer Johnson
Wild Magic (Tamora Pierce)
Wild Magic
20
Tamora Pierce
Hyperbole and a Half (Allie Brosh)
Hyperbole and a Half
21
Allie Brosh
Crash Override (Zoe Quinn)
Crash Override
22
Zoe Quinn
Chip off the Old Benchley (Robert Benchley)
Chip off the Old Benchley
23
Robert Benchley
Very Good, Jeeves! (P. G. Wodehouse)
Very Good, Jeeves!
24
P. G. Wodehouse
The Dog of the South (Charles Portis)
The Dog of the South
25
Charles Portis
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
26
John Wyndham
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
27
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
28
Kurt Vonnegut
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
29
C.S. Lewis
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
30
Sylvia Plath
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
31
Anne Frank
Enlightenment Now (Steven Pinker)
Enlightenment Now
32
Steven Pinker
The Beginning of Infinity (David Deutsch)
The Beginning of Infinity
33
David Deutsch
The Blue Sweater (Jacqueline Novogratz)
The Blue Sweater
34
Jacqueline Novogratz
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
35
George Orwell
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
36
All We Shall Know (Donal Ryan)
All We Shall Know
37
Donal Ryan
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee (Wendy Mogel)
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
38
Wendy Mogel
Nothing to Envy (Barbara Demick)
Nothing to Envy
39
Barbara Demick
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
40
Stephen King
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