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Books to Read Before You Die According to Powell's - Page 2

Taken from three separate lists published by Powell's Books, these are all novels, poetry, and nonfiction books the staff of the bookstore thinks you need to read before you die.
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
41
Vladimir Nabokov
Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
Love in a Fallen City
42
Eileen Chang
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
43
Louise Erdrich
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
44
Viktor Frankl
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
45
Mikhail Bulgakov
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
46
Art Spiegelman
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
47
George Eliot
Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone (Eduardo Galeano)
Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone
48
Eduardo Galeano
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
49
Elena Ferrante
Near to the Wild Heart
Near to the Wild Heart
50
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
51
Kazuo Ishiguro
On Photography
On Photography
52
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
53
Howard Zinn
Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
Phantom Tollbooth
54
Norton Juster
Poems by Elizabeth Bishop
Poems by Elizabeth Bishop
55
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories - Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories - Ryunosuke Akutagawa
56
The Rings of Saturn (W.G. Sebald)
The Rings of Saturn
57
W.G. Sebald
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
58
Donna Tartt
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
59
Elizabeth Kolbert
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
60
Kurt Vonnegut
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
61
Joan Didion
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
62
Toni Morrison
Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train
63
Patricia Highsmith
The Street of Crocodiles
The Street of Crocodiles
64
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
65
Tove Jansson
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
66
Chinua Achebe
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
67
Harper Lee
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
68
Virginia Woolf
Too Loud a Solitude
Too Loud a Solitude
69
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
70
Svetlana Alexievich
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
71
Isabel Wilkerson
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
72
Lionel Shriver
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
73
Maurice Sendak
A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
A Wild Sheep Chase
74
Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
75
Haruki Murakami
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