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A Bucket of Books (414 Novels, Books, Plays, Sports Stories and Science Fiction Classics to Read in Your Lifetime) - Page 9

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 Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
321
G.K. Chesterton
The Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Marriage Plot
322
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
323
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
324
Norman Mailer
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
325
Erin Morgenstern
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
326
Homer
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
327
Ernest Hemingway
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
328
The Pale King
The Pale King
329
The Passage (Justin Cronin)
The Passage
330
Justin Cronin
The Passions of the Mind (Austria)
The Passions of the Mind (Austria)
331
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
332
Oscar Wilde
The Poisoner's Handbook
The Poisoner's Handbook
333
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
334
Barbara Kingsolver
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
335
Henry James
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
336
Graham Greene
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
337
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
338
Muriel Spark
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
339
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
340
Stendhal
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
341
Plato
The Resturant at the End of the Universe
The Resturant at the End of the Universe
342
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
343
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff
344
Tom Wolfe
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
345
Cormac McCarthy
The Sandman Series
The Sandman Series
346
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
347
Salman Rushdie
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
348
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
349
Donna Tartt
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
350
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
351
Richard Dawkins
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
352
Julian Barnes
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
353
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
354
Stephen King
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
355
Thomas Harris
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
356
William Faulkner
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Anne Fadiman)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
357
Anne Fadiman
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
358
Stephen King
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever
359
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
360
Robert Louis Stevenson
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