A Bucket List of Books (1,500 Novels, Biographies, Essays, Memoirs, Plays, Science, Science Fiction and Sports Books). Updated to 2021 - Page 5

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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Blue Highways

161

William Least Heat-Moon

Blue Like Jazz

162

Donald Miller

The Bluest Eye

163

Toni Morrison

The Bone Clocks

164

David Mitchell

The Bonfire of the Vanities

165

Tom Wolfe

Bonjour Tristesse

166

Francoise Sagan

Book of Ages

167

The Book Thief

168

Markus Zusak

The Bookshop Novels: Parnassus on Wheels and the Haunted Bookshop

169

Christopher Morley

Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World

170

Born to Run

171

Bruce Springsteen

Bossypants

172

Tina Fey

The Bostonians

173

Henry James

Bound for Glory

174

Woody Guthrie

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

175

Robert Putnam

The Boy From the Woods

176

Harlan Coben

The Boys of Summer

177

Roger Kahn

Brain on Fire

178

Susannah Cahalan

Brave New World

179

Aldous Huxley

Breakfast at Tiffany's

180

Truman Capote

Breakfast of Champions

181

Kurt Vonnegut

The Breaks of the Game

182

David Halberstam

Breathing Lessons

183

Anne Tyler

The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court

184

Bob Woodward

Brideshead Revisited

185

Evelyn Waugh

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

186

Thornton Wilder

The Bridge Over the River Kwai

187

Pierre Boulle

Bridget Jones's Diary

188

Helen Fielding

A Brief History of Seven Killings

189

Marlon James

A Brief History of Time

190

Stephen Hawking

Brief Lives

191

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

192

Junot Díaz

Bright Lights, Big City

193

Jay McInerney

A Bright Shining Lie

194

Neil Sheehan

Brighton Rock

195

Graham Greene

Bright's Passage

196

Bring Up the Bodies

197

Hilary Mantel

Broken April

198

Ismail Kadare

Broken Glass

199

Alain Mabanckou

Broken People

200

Sam Lansky

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