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A Bucket List of Books (1,500 Novels, Biographies, Essays, Memoirs, Plays, Science, Science Fiction and Sports Books). Updated to 2021 - Page 22

Most lists of "essential books" are flawed in some manner. They are either too short ("top 50 books for men", or too old (no books from the last 50 years). Other book lists fail to include essays, plays, rock and roll memoirs, science books, and science fiction. Other lists fall short in providing a true world view. I tried to get a solid sampling from every genre and from most countries. This list was created by taking the best of 15 lists. I then added several years of recommended books from the The Week, and foreign language recommended books. I then added my favorites to the list if they were not already there. Enjoy!
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The Master (Colm Toibin)
The Master
841
Colm Toibin
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
842
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
843
Mikhail Bulgakov
Master of the Game (Sidney Sheldon)
Master of the Game
844
Sidney Sheldon
Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
Master of the Senate
845
Robert A. Caro
Matterhorn (Karl Marlantes)
Matterhorn
846
Karl Marlantes
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
Maurice
847
E.M. Forster
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
848
Art Spiegelman
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
849
Thomas Hardy
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
850
David Sedaris
Mean Spirit (Linda Hogan)
Mean Spirit
851
Linda Hogan
Means of Ascent (Robert Caro)
Means of Ascent
852
Robert Caro
Meddling Kids (Edgar Cantero)
Meddling Kids
853
Edgar Cantero
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
854
Euripides
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
855
Marcus Aurelius
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone De Beauvoir)
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
856
Simone De Beauvoir
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
857
Arthur Golden
Memoirs of Hadrian (Margarite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
858
Margarite Yourcenar
A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine)
A Memory Called Empire
859
Arkady Martine
The Memory Police (Yōko Ogawa)
The Memory Police
860
Yōko Ogawa
Memory Wall (Anthony Doerr)
Memory Wall
861
Anthony Doerr
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
862
Jesmyn Ward
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
863
William Shakespeare
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
864
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
865
Franz Kafka
Metropolitan Life (Fran Lebowitz)
Metropolitan Life
866
Fran Lebowitz
Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Mexican Gothic
867
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Microserfs (Douglas Coupland)
Microserfs
868
Douglas Coupland
Midaq Alley (Naguib Mahfouz)
Midaq Alley
869
Naguib Mahfouz
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
870
George Eliot
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
871
Jeffrey Eugenides
Midnight in Chernobyl (Adam Higginbotham)
Midnight in Chernobyl
872
Adam Higginbotham
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
873
John Berendt
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
874
Salman Rushdie
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
875
William Shakespeare
The Mind's Eye (Håkan Nesser)
The Mind's Eye
876
Håkan Nesser
The Mirror & the Light (Hilary Mantel)
The Mirror & the Light
877
Hilary Mantel
The Mismeasure of Man (Stephen Jay Gould)
The Mismeasure of Man
878
Stephen Jay Gould
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
879
Ransom Riggs
Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf (James Segrest and Mark Hoffman)
Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf
880
James Segrest and Mark Hoffman
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