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50 Memorable Books From 50 Years of Books to Remember

A representative selection from over 1500 titles on annual lists of Books to Remember from 1956 to 2005.
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Citizens - Simon Schama
Citizens - Simon Schama
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A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror
2
Barbara Tuchman
The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956 (Aleksandre I. Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956
3
Aleksandre I. Solzhenitsyn
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
4
THE POWER BROKER by Robert A. Caro
THE POWER BROKER by Robert A. Caro
5
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
6
William L. Shirer
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 (John Barry)
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
7
John Barry
This Hallowed Ground (Bruce Catton)
This Hallowed Ground
8
Bruce Catton
THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY by John Kenneth Galbraith
THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY by John Kenneth Galbraith
9
Cod
Cod
10
Coming of Age in the Milky Way (Timothy Ferris)
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
11
Timothy Ferris
THE DOUBLE HELIX by James D. Watson
THE DOUBLE HELIX by James D. Watson
12
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
13
Jared Diamond
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
14
THE MISMEASURE OF MAN by Stephen Jay Gould
THE MISMEASURE OF MAN by Stephen Jay Gould
15
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
16
Annie Dillard
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
17
Anonymous
The Collected Poems of Audre Lord
The Collected Poems of Audre Lord
18
Complete Poems (Marianne Moore)
Complete Poems
19
Marianne Moore
Life Studies, and for the Union Dead (Robert Lowell)
Life Studies, and for the Union Dead
20
Robert Lowell
On the Bus With Rosa Parks (Rita Dove)
On the Bus With Rosa Parks
21
Rita Dove
Poems: Selected and New, 1950-1974 (Adrienne Rich)
Poems: Selected and New, 1950-1974
22
Adrienne Rich
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
23
James Baldwin
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
24
Agee, James: A Death in the Family
Agee, James: A Death in the Family
25
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
26
Vladimir Nabokov
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
27
Philip Roth
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
28
Barbara Kingsolver
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
29
Kurt Vonnegut
The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)
The Stories of John Cheever
30
John Cheever
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
31
Flannery O'Connor
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
32
Raymond Carver
The American Way of Death Revisited (Jessica Mitford)
The American Way of Death Revisited
33
Jessica Mitford
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On
34
The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer
The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer
35
Children of Crisis, Vols. II and III by Robert Coles
Children of Crisis, Vols. II and III by Robert Coles
36
Our Bodies, Ourselves
Our Bodies, Ourselves
37
Race Matters
Race Matters
38
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (Philip Gourevitch)
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
39
Philip Gourevitch
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
40
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