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A Bucket of Books (414 Novels, Books, Plays, Sports Stories and Science Fiction Classics to Read in Your Lifetime) - Page 2

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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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN by Mark Twain
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN by Mark Twain
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Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
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Ball Four
Ball Four
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Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
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Ann Patchett
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
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Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
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José Saramago
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
47
Cormac McCarthy
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
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Tom Wolfe
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
49
Tina Fey
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
50
Aldous Huxley
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
51
Truman Capote
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
52
Kurt Vonnegut
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
53
Evelyn Waugh
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
54
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
55
Hilary Mantel
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
56
Dee Brown
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
57
Henry Roth
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
58
Voltaire
Ian Flaming Casino Royale
Ian Flaming Casino Royale
59
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
60
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
61
J.D. Salinger
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Robert K. Massie)
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
62
Robert K. Massie
Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
63
Cherry (Mary Karr)
Cherry
64
Mary Karr
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
65
Arthur C. Clarke
Children of Dune (Frank Herbert)
Children of Dune
66
Frank Herbert
Cleopatra: A Life (Egypt)
Cleopatra: A Life (Egypt)
67
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
68
Charles Frazier
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
Common Sense
69
Thomas Paine
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
70
Emily Dickinson
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
71
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
72
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
73
Abraham Verghese
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
74
Charles Dickens
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
75
Nikolai Gogol
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
76
Willa Cather
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
77
Douglas Adams
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
78
J. M. Coetzee
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
79
Dante Alighieri
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
80
Philip K. Dick
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