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A Revamp of the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die List

My intent was 1) get the list back to 1001 books. 2) Improve the literary quality of the list, 3) Reduce the English language bias.
4) Bring in great books by great authors that have been egregiously left out (Homer, Chaucer, Chekhov, Morante, Ginsburg, Grossman, Shalomov, et al).
Whether I have achieved this or not is up to you.
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10th of December (George Saunders)
10th of December
1
George Saunders
120 Days of Sodom (Marquis De Sade)
120 Days of Sodom
2
Marquis De Sade
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
4
Haruki Murakami
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
5
Arthur C. Clarke
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
6
Roberto Bolaño
The Abbot C
The Abbot C
7
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
8
William Faulkner
Absolute Beginners (Colin Macinnes)
Absolute Beginners
9
Colin Macinnes
The Accidental
The Accidental
10
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
11
George Eliot
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
12
Vladimir Nabokov
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll (Álvaro Mutis)
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
13
Álvaro Mutis
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
14
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
15
Mark Twain
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
16
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
17
Virgil
The Afternoon of a Writer
The Afternoon of a Writer
18
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
19
Edith Wharton
Alamut
Alamut
20
The Albany Cycle
The Albany Cycle
21
Alberta and Jacob
Alberta and Jacob
22
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
23
Lawrence Durrell
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
24
Margaret Atwood
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
25
Lewis Carroll
All About H. Hatterr
All About H. Hatterr
26
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
27
Cormac McCarthy
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
28
Erich Maria Remarque
All Souls
All Souls
29
All Souls Day
All Souls Day
30
Almost Transparent Blue
Almost Transparent Blue
31
Amadis De Gaula
Amadis De Gaula
32
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
33
Michael Chabon
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
34
Henry James
AMERIKA (Franz Kafka)
AMERIKA
35
Franz Kafka
Amok
Amok
36
Amongst Women
Amongst Women
37
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
38
Kazuo Ishiguro
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
39
Anagrams
Anagrams
40
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