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Essential Literature - Page 2

So far, the books I own and have read (well some of them) and recommend. A lot of these books will be familiar and I hope that makes it more fun to check them off and add them to "To Read" list. Enjoy!
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
41
Joseph Heller
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
42
Carl Sagan
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
43
Miguel De Cervantes
Eat, Pray, Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat, Pray, Love
44
Elizabeth Gilbert
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
45
Patti Smith
Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus)
Lessons in Chemistry
46
Bonnie Garmus
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
47
Virginia Woolf
Norse Mythology (Neil Gaiman)
Norse Mythology
48
Neil Gaiman
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
49
Quentin Tarantino
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
50
Virginia Woolf
Parallel Worlds (Michio Kaku)
Parallel Worlds
51
Michio Kaku
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
52
Joan Didion
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
53
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
54
Ray Bradbury
The Queen's Gambit (Walter Tevis)
The Queen's Gambit
55
Walter Tevis
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
56
Stieg Larsson
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
57
William Goldman
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
58
Patrick Radden Keefe
Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes
59
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder)
Sophie's World
60
Jostein Gaarder
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
61
Sun Tzu
The Big Short (Michael Lewis)
The Big Short
62
Michael Lewis
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
63
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Deep End of the Ocean (Jacquelyn Mitchard)
The Deep End of the Ocean
64
Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
65
Erik Larson
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient
66
Michael Ondaatje
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
67
Mario Puzo
The Handmaids's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaids's Tale
68
Margaret Atwood
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
69
Mark Z. Danielewski
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
70
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
71
Michael Cunningham
The Leftovers (Tom Perrotta)
The Leftovers
72
Tom Perrotta
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
73
Philip K. Dick
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
74
Mikhail Bulgakov
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
75
Stephen King
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
76
Graham Greene
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
77
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
78
Stephen King
The Sour Lemon Score (Richard Stark)
The Sour Lemon Score
79
Richard Stark
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
80
John Le Carré
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