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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 7

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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Children of Gebelawi (Naguib Mahfouz)
Children of Gebelawi
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Naguib Mahfouz
The Children of the Sky (Vernor Vinge)
The Children of the Sky
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Vernor Vinge
Choke (Chuck Palahniuk)
Choke
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Chuck Palahniuk
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (Yu Hua)
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
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Yu Hua
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
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C.S. Lewis
Chronicles Volume One (Bob Dylan)
Chronicles Volume One
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Bob Dylan
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
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Madeline Miller
The Circle of Karma (Kunzang Choden)
The Circle of Karma
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Kunzang Choden
Cities of the Plain (Cormac McCarthy)
Cities of the Plain
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Cormac McCarthy
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
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China Mieville
The City of Falling Angels (John Berendt)
The City of Falling Angels
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John Berendt
The City of God (Saint Augustine)
The City of God
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Saint Augustine
The City We Became (N K Jemisin)
The City We Became
253
N K Jemisin
The Civil War: A Narrative
The Civil War: A Narrative
254
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
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Samuel Richardson
A Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin)
A Clash of Kings
256
George R.R. Martin
Classic American Speeches (Various Authors)
Classic American Speeches
257
Various Authors
Clea (Lawrence Durrell)
Clea
258
Lawrence Durrell
Cleopatra (Stacy Schiff)
Cleopatra
259
Stacy Schiff
Cleveland by Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant
Cleveland by Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant
260
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
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Anthony Burgess
Closing the Gap: Lombardi, the Packers Dynasty and the Pursuit of Excellence (Willie Davis)
Closing the Gap: Lombardi, the Packers Dynasty and the Pursuit of Excellence
262
Willie Davis
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
263
David Mitchell
Cloudstreet (Tim Winton)
Cloudstreet
264
Tim Winton
A Coffin for Dimitrios
A Coffin for Dimitrios
265
A Coffin for King Charles (C.V. Wedgwood)
A Coffin for King Charles
266
C.V. Wedgwood
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
267
Stella Gibbons
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
268
Charles Frazier
Collected Essays
Collected Essays
269
Collected Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Collected Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
271
W.B. Yeats
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (Katherine Anne Porter)
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
272
Katherine Anne Porter
The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe
273
Edgar Allan Poe
Colonel Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
Colonel Roosevelt
274
Edmund Morris
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
275
Alice Walker
A Column of Fire (Ken Follet)
A Column of Fire
276
Ken Follet
Coming Home Crazy (Bill Holm)
Coming Home Crazy
277
Bill Holm
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
Common Sense
278
Thomas Paine
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
279
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (Maya Angelou)
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou
280
Maya Angelou
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