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60 Best Books to Read Before You Die

"Tsundoku is a beautiful Japanese word which means a pile of unread books waiting in a corner. If you're like me, you have one of these well-intentioned piles (on a shelf or elsewhere), where the books sounded good when you bought it but fizzled out shortly thereafter. None of the books below will end up in that pile. Many are well-loved by millions of people across the globe. Some are reprinted hundreds of thousands of times every year." -joincake
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
1
James Joyce
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
2
Homer
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
3
Mary Shelley
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
4
Jane Austen
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
5
Richard Adams
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6
Mark Twain
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
7
Leo Tolstoy
Dr. Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Dr. Zhivago
8
Boris Pasternak
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
9
Edith Wharton
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows
10
Wilson Rawls
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
11
Harper Lee
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
12
Jack London
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
13
Toni Morrison
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
14
Willa Cather
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
15
Sir Thomas Malory
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
16
James Herriot
Conjure Women (AFIa Atakora)
Conjure Women
17
AFIa Atakora
A Sand County Almanac (Aldo Leopold)
A Sand County Almanac
18
Aldo Leopold
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
19
Jeffrey Eugenides
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
20
Anthony Doerr
Lake Wobegon (Garrison Keillor)
Lake Wobegon
21
Garrison Keillor
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore (Benjamin Hale)
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore
22
Benjamin Hale
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
23
Arthur Golden
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
24
Chinua Achebe
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
25
Amy Tan
The Mercies (Kiran Millwood Hargrave)
The Mercies
26
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Run Me to Earth (Paul Yoon)
Run Me to Earth
27
Paul Yoon
The Yellow Bird Sings (Jennifer Rosner)
The Yellow Bird Sings
28
Jennifer Rosner
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
29
Frank Herbert
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
30
Hermann Hesse
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
31
Isabel Wilkerson
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
32
Yuval Noah Harari
My First Summer in the Sierra (John Muir)
My First Summer in the Sierra
33
John Muir
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
34
Rachel Carson
Wesley the Owl (Stacey O'Brien)
Wesley the Owl
35
Stacey O'Brien
Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love (Larry Levin)
Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love
36
Larry Levin
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter (Ben Goldfarb)
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
37
Ben Goldfarb
Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man (Dale Peterson)
Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man
38
Dale Peterson
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (David Sedaris)
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
39
David Sedaris
A History of the Middle East (Peter Mansfield)
A History of the Middle East
40
Peter Mansfield
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