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The Ultimate List of Classic & Popular Works of Literature So You Can Be Well-Read Before You Die - Page 7

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 Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
241
Julie Otsuka
The Buddha of Suburbia (Hanif Kureishi)
The Buddha of Suburbia
242
Hanif Kureishi
Burger's Daughter (Nadine Gordimer)
Burger's Daughter
243
Nadine Gordimer
Burial Rites (Hannah Kent)
Burial Rites
244
Hannah Kent
The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Buried Giant
245
Kazuo Ishiguro
Burr (Gore Vidal)
Burr
246
Gore Vidal
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
247
Dee Brown
Caddie Woodlawn (Carol Ryrie Brink)
Caddie Woodlawn
248
Carol Ryrie Brink
The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)
The Caine Mutiny
249
Herman Wouk
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
250
Henry Roth
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
Call Me by Your Name
251
André Aciman
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
252
Jack London
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
253
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
254
Voltaire
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
255
Jean Toomer
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
256
John Steinbeck
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
257
Geoffrey Chaucer
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
258
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Capital (Karl Marx)
Capital
259
Karl Marx
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
260
Louis De Bernieres
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
261
Stephen King
Carry on (Rainbow Rowell)
Carry On
262
Rainbow Rowell
Carry On, Jeeves (P.G. Wodehouse)
Carry On, Jeeves
263
P.G. Wodehouse
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
264
Arthur Conan Doyle
Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
Casino Royale
265
Ian Fleming
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
266
Edgar Allan Poe
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
267
Franz Kafka
Castle in the Air (Diana Wynne Jones)
Castle in the Air
268
Diana Wynne Jones
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
269
Horace Walpole
The Casual Vacancy (J.K. Rowling)
The Casual Vacancy
270
J.K. Rowling
The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat
271
Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
272
Dr. Seuss
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
273
Tennessee Williams
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
274
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
275
J.D. Salinger
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
276
Suzanne Collins
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
277
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
278
Margaret Atwood
Cell (Stephen King)
Cell
279
Stephen King
The Cement Garden (Ian McEwan)
The Cement Garden
280
Ian McEwan
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