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A Bucket of Books (414 Novels, Books, Plays, Sports Stories and Science Fiction Classics to Read in Your Lifetime) - Page 3

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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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
81
Miguel De Cervantes
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
82
Bram Stoker
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
83
Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah
Dune Messiah
84
Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
85
Lynne Truss
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
86
Jane Austen
Empire Falls, by Richard Russo
Empire Falls, by Richard Russo
87
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
88
Orson Scott Card
Essays
Essays
89
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
90
Edith Wharton
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
91
Ray Bradbury
Faithful Place (Tana French)
Faithful Place
92
Tana French
Fall of Giants (Ken Follett)
Fall of Giants
93
Ken Follett
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
94
Ivan Turgenev
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
95
Hunter S. Thompson
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
96
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
97
Chuck Palahniuk
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
98
Ernest Hemingway
Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation
99
Isaac Asimov
Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire
100
Founding Brothers
Founding Brothers
101
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
102
Mary Shelley
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
103
J.D. Salinger
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
104
Jonathan Franzen
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
105
From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming)
From Russia With Love
106
Ian Fleming
Girlfriend in a Coma
Girlfriend in a Coma
107
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
108
James Baldwin
Goldfinger (Ian Fleming)
Goldfinger
109
Ian Fleming
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
110
Margaret Mitchell
GOODBYE TO ALL THAT by Robert Graves
GOODBYE TO ALL THAT by Robert Graves
111
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
112
Charles Dickens
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
113
Jonathan Swift
Gulp. (Mary Roach)
Gulp.
114
Mary Roach
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
115
William Shakespeare
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
116
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
117
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
118
J.K. Rowling
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
119
Joseph Conrad
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
120
William Shakespeare
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