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A Bucket of Books (414 Novels, Books, Plays, Sports Stories and Science Fiction Classics to Read in Your Lifetime) - Page 7

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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Tess of the Durbervilles
Tess of the Durbervilles
241
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
242
Mark Twain
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
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Virgil
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
244
Edith Wharton
The Age of Reason
The Age of Reason
245
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
246
Paulo Coelho
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
247
The Amber Spyglass (Philip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
248
Philip Pullman
The Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
The Art of Fielding
249
Chad Harbach
The Ascent of Money
The Ascent of Money
250
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Alex Haley and Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
251
Alex Haley and Malcolm X
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
252
Sylvia Plath
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
253
Anonymous
The Big Short
The Big Short
254
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
255
Raymond Chandler
The Blind Assassin (Canada)
The Blind Assassin (Canada)
256
The Boys of Summer
The Boys of Summer
257
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
258
Junot Díaz
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
259
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
260
Jack London
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
261
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
262
C.S. Lewis
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
263
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
264
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Confessions of St Augustine
The Confessions of St Augustine
265
The Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, and the Bill Of
The Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, and the Bill Of
266
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
267
Jonathan Franzen
Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
Count of Monte Cristo
268
Alexander Dumas
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
269
Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race
Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race
270
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
271
Leo Tolstoy
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
272
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
273
Anne Frank
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White)
The Elements of Style
274
William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
275
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Michael Ondaatje the English Patient
Michael Ondaatje the English Patient
276
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
277
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
278
Norman Mailer
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
279
William Peter Blatty
The Hyperion Cantos
The Hyperion Cantos
280
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