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The Ultimate List of Classic & Popular Works of Literature So You Can Be Well-Read Before You Die - Page 5

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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Beauty and Sadness (Yasunari Kawabata)
Beauty and Sadness
161
Yasunari Kawabata
Because of Winn-Dixie (Kate DiCamillo)
Because of Winn-Dixie
162
Kate DiCamillo
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
163
Michelle Obama
Beezus and Ramona (Beverly Cleary)
Beezus and Ramona
164
Beverly Cleary
Being and Nothingness (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Being and Nothingness
165
Jean-Paul Sartre
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto
166
Ann Pratchett
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
167
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
168
Toni Morrison
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
169
V.S. Naipaul
Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur
170
Lew Wallace
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
171
Tr. Seamus Heaney
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
172
Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Barbara Robinson)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
173
Barbara Robinson
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
174
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The BFG (Roald Dahl)
The BFG
175
Roald Dahl
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha (Various)
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha
176
Various
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies
177
Liane Moriarty
The Big Money (John Dos Passos)
The Big Money
178
John Dos Passos
The Big Over Easy (Jasper Fforde)
The Big Over Easy
179
Jasper Fforde
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
180
Raymond Chandler
Big Sur (Jack Kerouac)
Big Sur
181
Jack Kerouac
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate
182
E.L. Doctorow
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor
183
Herman Melville
The Birds (Daphne Du Maurier)
The Birds
184
Daphne Du Maurier
Birds (Aristophanes)
Birds
185
Aristophanes
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
186
Lorrie Moore
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
187
Sebastian Faulks
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
188
Anna Sewell
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
189
Richard Wright
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
190
James Ellroy
The Black Prince (Iris Murdoch)
The Black Prince
191
Iris Murdoch
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
192
Charles Dickens
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolpho Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
193
Rudolpho Anaya
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
194
Margaret Atwood
The Blind Watchmaker (Richard Dawkins)
The Blind Watchmaker
195
Richard Dawkins
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
196
José Saramago
The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Blithedale Romance
197
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
198
Kathy Acker
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
199
Cormac McCarthy
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
200
Angela Carter
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