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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 33

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 Summer Game (ROGER ANGELL)
The Summer Game
1281
ROGER ANGELL
The Summer House (James Patterson)
The Summer House
1282
James Patterson
Summer in Baden-Baden (Leonid Tsypkin)
Summer in Baden-Baden
1283
Leonid Tsypkin
A Summons to Memphis (Peter Taylor)
A Summons to Memphis
1284
Peter Taylor
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
1285
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Down Motel (Simone St. James)
The Sun Down Motel
1286
Simone St. James
Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart)
Super Sad True Love Story
1287
Gary Shteyngart
A Supposedly Fun Thing (Wallace)
A Supposedly Fun Thing
1288
Wallace
Suttree (Cormac McCarthy)
Suttree
1289
Cormac McCarthy
Swamplandia (Karen Russell)
Swamplandia
1290
Karen Russell
The Sweet Science by A. J. Liebling
The Sweet Science by A. J. Liebling
1291
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Alan Bradley)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
1292
Alan Bradley
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
1293
A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Madeleine L'engle)
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
1294
Madeleine L'engle
Swiss Family Robinson (Wyss, Johann David)
Swiss Family Robinson
1295
Wyss, Johann David
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
1296
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Symposium (Plato)
The Symposium
1297
Plato
The System of the World (Neal Stephenson)
The System of the World
1298
Neal Stephenson
Tai-Pan (James Clavell)
Tai-Pan
1299
James Clavell
Take Time for Paradise: Americans and Their Games (A. Bartlett Giamatti)
Take Time for Paradise: Americans and Their Games
1300
A. Bartlett Giamatti
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
1301
Murasaki Shikibu
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
1302
Charles Dickens
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr Ripley
1303
Patricia Highsmith
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
1304
William Shakespeare
Tartuffe (Molière)
Tartuffe
1305
Molière
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Heather Morris)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
1306
Heather Morris
Teacher Man (Frank McCourt)
Teacher Man
1307
Frank McCourt
Team of Rivals (Doris Goodwin)
Team of Rivals
1308
Doris Goodwin
The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship Paperback (David Halberstam)
The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship Paperback
1309
David Halberstam
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
1310
William Shakespeare
The Temple of Dawn (Yukio Mishima)
The Temple of Dawn
1311
Yukio Mishima
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
1312
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
1313
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
1314
George Saunders
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim (Jonathan Coe)
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim
1315
Jonathan Coe
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
1316
Thomas Hardy
A Testament of Hope (Martin Luther King Jr.)
A Testament of Hope
1317
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
1318
Margaret Atwood
Thank You, Jeeves (P.G. Wodehouse)
Thank You, Jeeves
1319
P.G. Wodehouse
That They May Face the Rising Sun
That They May Face the Rising Sun
1320
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