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The Ultimate List of Classic & Popular Works of Literature So You Can Be Well-Read Before You Die - Page 2

This is a fine collection of books that also happens to be a concise and updated version of my humungous list "The BBC Believes That Only 6 People Are Bold Enough to Do This Book Challenge". The latter was intended to be a comprehensive collection of books with which to compile challenges for you. However it proved to be too unwieldy and slow in practice. So I have carefully distilled the most popular and acclaimed books to create this "compact" version, which is reduced by nearly two thirds.
Alphabetical by title, so as to be useful to me. I welcome your suggestions regarding books to be included in a future version of this list. Or any other comments.
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Judith Viorst)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
41
Judith Viorst
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
42
Ron Chernow
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
43
Lawrence Durrell
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
44
Margaret Atwood
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
45
Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
46
Lewis Carroll
The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
47
Caleb Carr
All the Bright Places (Jennifer Niven)
All the Bright Places
48
Jennifer Niven
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
49
James Herriot
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
50
Robert Penn Warren
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
51
Anthony Doerr
All My Sons (Arthur Miller)
All My Sons
52
Arthur Miller
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
53
Cormac McCarthy
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
54
Erich Maria Remarque
All That Remains (Patricia Cormwell)
All That Remains
55
Patricia Cormwell
All Things Bright and Beautiful (James Herriot)
All Things Bright and Beautiful
56
James Herriot
All Things Wise and Wonderful (James Herriot)
All Things Wise and Wonderful
57
James Herriot
All Together Dead (Charlaine Harris)
All Together Dead
58
Charlaine Harris
Allegiant (Veronica Roth)
Allegiant
59
Veronica Roth
The Allegory of the Cave (Plato)
The Allegory of the Cave
60
Plato
All's Well That Ends Well (William Shakespeare)
All's Well That Ends Well
61
William Shakespeare
Along Came a Spider (James Patterson)
Along Came a Spider
62
James Patterson
Always and Forever, Lara Jean (Jenny Han)
Always and Forever, Lara Jean
63
Jenny Han
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
64
Michael Chabon
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
65
Henry James
The Amber Spyglass (Philip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
66
Philip Pullman
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction (Jon Stewart)
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
67
Jon Stewart
The American (Henry James)
The American
68
Henry James
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
69
Neil Gaiman
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
70
Philip Roth
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
71
Bret Easton Ellis
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
72
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Amerika (Franz Kafka)
Amerika
73
Franz Kafka
Amsterdam (Ian McEwan)
Amsterdam
74
Ian McEwan
An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
An Abundance of Katherines
75
John Green
An American Dream (Norman Mailer)
An American Dream
76
Norman Mailer
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
77
Tayari Jones
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
78
Theodore Dreiser
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
79
Kazuo Ishiguro
An Echo in the Bone (Diana Gabaldon)
An Echo in the Bone
80
Diana Gabaldon
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