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A Bucket of Books (414 Novels, Books, Plays, Sports Stories and Science Fiction Classics to Read in Your Lifetime)

I tried to get something from every genre and only included the first few books for series. List was created by taking 15 best of lists. I then added 2 years of recommended books from The Week and Guardian and added my favorites to the list--if they weren't already there.
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
1
Leo Tolstoy
1776 (David McCullough)
1776
2
David McCullough
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
4
Stephen Hawking
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
5
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
A Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin)
A Clash of Kings
6
George R.R. Martin
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
7
Anthony Burgess
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
8
John Kennedy Toole
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
9
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
10
George R.R. Martin
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
11
William Shakespeare
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
12
E.M. Forster
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
13
Howard Zinn
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
14
James Joyce
A Prayer for Owen Meaney
A Prayer for Owen Meaney
15
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
16
Bill Bryson
A Storm of Swords (George R.R. Martin)
A Storm of Swords
17
George R.R. Martin
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
18
Tennessee Williams
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
19
Charles Dickens
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
20
Khaled Hosseini
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
21
Jennifer Egan
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
22
William Faulkner
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
23
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
24
Mark Twain
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
25
Lewis Carroll
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
26
Robert Penn Warren
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
27
Neil Gaiman
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
28
Philip Roth
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
29
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On
30
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
31
Frank McCourt
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
32
George Orwell
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
33
Sophocles
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
34
William Shakespeare
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
35
William Faulkner
Assassination Vacation
Assassination Vacation
36
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
37
Flann O'Brien
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
38
H.P. Lovecraft
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
39
Ayn Rand
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
40
Ian McEwan
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