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1,000 Books to Read Before You Die

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Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
Desert Solitaire
1
Edward Abbey
Flatland (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland
2
Edwin A. Abbott
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
3
Chinua Achebe
My Dog Tulip (J.R. Ackerley)
My Dog Tulip
4
J.R. Ackerley
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
5
Douglas Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
6
Watership Down - Richard Adams
Watership Down - Richard Adams
7
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
8
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia
9
Aeschylus
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
10
Agee
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
11
Edward Albee
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
12
Louisa May Alcott
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
13
Sherman Alexie
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
14
Svetlana Alexievich
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
15
Isabel Allende
Skellig (David Almond)
Skellig
16
David Almond
A Coffin for Dimitrios
A Coffin for Dimitrios
17
Lucky Jim (Jim Dixon)
Lucky Jim
18
Jim Dixon
Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)
Fairy Tales
19
Hans Christian Anderson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
20
Maya Angelou
The Arabian Nights (Sir Richard Burton)
The Arabian Nights
21
Sir Richard Burton
The Clouds (Aristophanes)
The Clouds
22
Aristophanes
Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
Nicomachean Ethics
23
Aristotle
Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden (Reginald Arkell)
Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden
24
Reginald Arkell
Study Is Hard Work (William H. Armstrong)
Study Is Hard Work
25
William H. Armstrong
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
26
Iaac Asimov
Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire
27
Second Foundation
Second Foundation
28
Judgment Night (CL Moore)
Judgment Night
29
CL Moore
Ringworld (Larry Niven)
Ringworld
30
Larry Niven
Vacuum Diagrams
Vacuum Diagrams
31
Instead of a Letter (Diana Athill)
Instead of a Letter
32
Diana Athill
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
33
Margaret Atwood
Aubrey's Brief Lives (John Aubrey, Oliver Lawson-Dick (Editor))
Aubrey's Brief Lives
34
John Aubrey, Oliver Lawson-Dick (Editor)
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
35
Saint Augustine
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
36
Marcus Aurelius
Dorothy Day the Long Loneliness
Dorothy Day the Long Loneliness
37
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
38
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
39
Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
40
Jane Austen
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