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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 8

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 Complete Poems (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Complete Poems
281
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
282
Emily Dickinson
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
283
Flannery O'Connor
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
284
John Kennedy Toole
The Confessions (St. Augustine of Hippo)
The Confessions
285
St. Augustine of Hippo
The Confusion (Neal Stephenson)
The Confusion
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Neal Stephenson
The Constitution of the United States of America and Selected Writings of the Founding Fathers (Various Authors)
The Constitution of the United States of America and Selected Writings of the Founding Fathers
287
Various Authors
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
288
Carl Sagan
Coriolanus (Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
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Shakespeare
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
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Jonathan Franzen
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
291
Alexandre Dumas
Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock'n'roll (Nick Tosches)
Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock'n'roll
292
Nick Tosches
A Cowrie of Hope (Binwell Sinyangwe)
A Cowrie of Hope
293
Binwell Sinyangwe
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
294
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crossing (Cormac McCarthy)
The Crossing
295
Cormac McCarthy
Crossing the Threshold of Hope (Pope John Paul II)
Crossing the Threshold of Hope
296
Pope John Paul II
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
297
Arthur Miller
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
298
Alan Paton
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
299
Thomas Pynchon
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon
300
Neal Stephenson
The Cult of Personality: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage (Annie Murphy Paul)
The Cult of Personality: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage
301
Annie Murphy Paul
A Cup of Coffee With My Interrogator: The Prague Chronicles of Ludvik Vaculik (Ludvík Vaculík)
A Cup of Coffee With My Interrogator: The Prague Chronicles of Ludvik Vaculik
302
Ludvík Vaculík
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
303
Mark Haddon
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
304
Abraham Verghese
The Czar's Madman (Jaan Kross)
The Czar's Madman
305
Jaan Kross
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents America
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents America
306
The Daily Show: An Oral History (Chris Smith)
The Daily Show: An Oral History
307
Chris Smith
Damascus Nights (Rafik Schami)
Damascus Nights
308
Rafik Schami
A Dance With Dragons (George R.R. Martin)
A Dance With Dragons
309
George R.R. Martin
The Danish Girl (David Ebershoff)
The Danish Girl
310
David Ebershoff
The Dark Forest (Cixin Liu)
The Dark Forest
311
Cixin Liu
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
312
Arthur Koestler
Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
Das Kapital
313
Karl Marx
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
314
Charles Dickens
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
315
Frederick Forsyth
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
316
Nathanael West
The Day of the Scorpion
The Day of the Scorpion
317
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
318
Nikolai Gogol
The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
The Dead Zone
319
Stephen King
Dear Edward (Ann Napolitano)
Dear Edward
320
Ann Napolitano
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