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Essential Books You'll Actually Read - Page 3

This list 50 non-fiction and 100 fiction books contains recommendations you might actually read (if you haven't already).
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Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
81
Octavia Butler
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
82
Anthony Bourdain
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
83
Khalid Hosseini
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
84
Victor Hugo
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
85
Yann Martel
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Life on the Mississippi
86
Mark Twain
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
87
C. S. Lewis
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
88
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Locking Up Our Own (James Forman Jr.)
Locking Up Our Own
89
James Forman Jr.
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
90
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
91
William Golding
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
92
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
93
Oliver Sacks
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
94
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
95
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
96
Art Spiegelman
The Medium Is the Massage
The Medium Is the Massage
97
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
98
George Eliot
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
99
Salman Rushdie
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
100
Herman Melville
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
101
Ernest Hemingway
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
102
Virginia Woolf
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave (Frederick Douglas)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave
103
Frederick Douglas
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
104
Richard Wright
Never Cry Wolf
Never Cry Wolf
105
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
106
Kazuo Ishiguro
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
107
Elie Wiesel
No Logo (Naomi Klein)
No Logo
108
Naomi Klein
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
109
Elizabeth Gaskell
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
110
John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
111
Ernest Hemingway
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
112
Michael Pollan
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
113
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
114
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
115
Isak Dinesen
The Paying Guests (Sarah Waters)
The Paying Guests
116
Sarah Waters
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
117
Oscar Wilde
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
118
Jane Austen
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff
119
Tom Wolfe
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
120
Cormac McCarthy
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