A Bucket List of Books (1,500 Novels, Biographies, Essays, Memoirs, Plays, Science, Science Fiction and Sports Books). Updated to 2021 - Page 30

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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Second Foundation

1161

Isaac Asimov

The Second Sex

1162

Simone De Beauvoir

Seconds Out

1163

Martin Kohan

The Secret Agent

1164

Joseph Conrad

The Secret History

1165

Donna Tartt

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis

1166

The Secret History of Wonder Woman

1167

Jill Lepore

The Seducer

1168

Jan Kjaerstad

See a Grown Man Cry, Now Watch Him Die

1169

Henry Rollins

See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody

1170

Seige and Storm

1171

Leigh Bardugo

Selected Poetry of William Wordsworth

1172

Selected Stories

1173

Anton Chekhov

The Selfish Gene

1174

Richard Dawkins

The Sellout

1175

Paul Beatty

Semi-Tough

1176

Dan Jenkins

Sense and Sensibility

1177

Jane Austen

The Sense of an Ending

1178

Julian Barnes

Sea of Poppies

1179

Amitav Ghosh

A Separate Peace

1180

John Knowles

A Series of Unfortunate Events Series

1181

Lemony Snicket

The Serpent and the Rainbow

1182

Wade Davis

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

1183

Steven R. Covey

The Seven Per Cent Solution

1184

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

1185

T.E. Lawrence

The Seven Storey Mountain

1186

Thomas Merton

Sex, Drugs, and Coco Puffs

1187

Shadow and Bone

1188

Leigh Bardugo

The Sheltering Sky

1189

Paul Bowles

Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders

1190

Larry Millett

Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon

1191

Larry Millett

Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery

1192

Larry Millet

Sherlock Holmes Novels

1193

The Shining

1194

Stephen King

The Shipping News

1195

E.Annie Proulx

Shoeless Joe

1196

W P Kinsella

Shogun

1197

James Clavell

A Short History of Nearly Everything

1198

Bill Bryson

A Short History of Tractors in UKrainian

1199

Marina Lewycka

Short Trips and Side Steps

1200

Stephen Cole

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