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1,000 Books to Read Before You Die

This is a list of the 1,000 books you need to read before you die. Feel free to check all the books you have read!
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Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
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Flatland (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland (Edwin A. Abbott)
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
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My Dog Tulip (J.R. Ackerley)
My Dog Tulip (J.R. Ackerley)
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
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The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
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Watership Down - Richard Adams
Watership Down - Richard Adams
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Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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The Oresteia
The Oresteia
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee)
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
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Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
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The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits
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Skellig (David Almond)
Skellig (David Almond)
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A Coffin for Dimitrios
A Coffin for Dimitrios
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Lucky Jim (Jim Dixon)
Lucky Jim (Jim Dixon)
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Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)
Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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The Arabian Nights (Sir Richard Burton)
The Arabian Nights (Sir Richard Burton)
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The Clouds (Aristophanes)
The Clouds (Aristophanes)
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Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
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Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden (Reginald Arkell)
Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden (Reginald Arkell)
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Study Is Hard Work (William H. Armstrong)
Study Is Hard Work (William H. Armstrong)
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Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
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Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire
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Second Foundation
Second Foundation
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Judgment Night (CL Moore)
Judgment Night (CL Moore)
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Ringworld (Larry Niven)
Ringworld (Larry Niven)
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Vacuum Diagrams
Vacuum Diagrams
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Instead of a Letter (Diana Athill)
Instead of a Letter (Diana Athill)
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Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
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Aubrey's Brief Lives (John Aubrey, Oliver Lawson-Dick (Editor))
Aubrey's Brief Lives (John Aubrey, Oliver Lawson-Dick (Editor))
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Confessions
Confessions
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Meditations
Meditations
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Dorothy Day the Long Loneliness
Dorothy Day the Long Loneliness
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Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
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Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma (Jane Austen)
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Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
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