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The Ultimate List of Classic & Popular Works of Literature So You Can Be Well-Read Before You Die - Page 4

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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The Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
The Art of Fielding
121
Chad Harbach
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)
The Art of Racing in the Rain
122
Garth Stein
The Art of War (Sun-Tzu)
The Art of War
123
Sun-Tzu
Artemis (Andy Weir)
Artemis
124
Andy Weir
Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl
125
Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
126
Eoin Colfer
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
127
William Faulkner
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
128
William Shakespeare
Ash Wednesday (T.S. Eliot)
Ash Wednesday
129
T.S. Eliot
Assassin's Apprentice (Robin Hobb)
Assassin's Apprentice
130
Robin Hobb
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
131
Bernard Malamud
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
132
Flann O'Brien
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
133
Ayn Rand
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
134
Ian McEwan
Attachments (Rainbow Rowell)
Attachments
135
Rainbow Rowell
August 1914 (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
136
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
137
Mario Vargas Llosa
The Austere Academy (Lemony Snicket)
The Austere Academy
138
Lemony Snicket
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
139
W.G. Sebald
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
140
Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
141
Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
142
Malcolm X
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
143
Kate Chopin
Awakenings (Oliver Sacks)
Awakenings
144
Oliver Sacks
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
145
Sinclair Lewis
Bacchae (Euripides)
Bacchae
146
Euripides
The Bad Beginning (Lemony Snicket)
The Bad Beginning
147
Lemony Snicket
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
148
Roxane Gay
The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Stories (Oscar Wilde)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Stories
149
Oscar Wilde
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
150
Carson McCullers
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Dai Sijie)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
151
Dai Sijie
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
152
Anthony Trollope
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
153
Herman Melville
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
154
Dorothy Allison
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Rick Riordan)
The Battle of the Labyrinth
155
Rick Riordan
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
156
Barbara Kingsolver
A Bear Called Paddington (Michael Bond)
A Bear Called Paddington
157
Michael Bond
The Beautiful and the Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and the Damned
158
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Beautiful Creatures (Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl)
Beautiful Creatures
159
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Beautiful Disaster (Jamie McGuire)
Beautiful Disaster
160
Jamie McGuire
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