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1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: Special Lists Part A

This is Part A of a 3 part challenge and presents 5 categories from the section "A Miscellany of Special Lists" in James Mustich's "1,000 Books to Read Before You Die" (Workman, 2018). Basically these are his special recommendations from the 1,000 unranked titles of the book's main section. The titles in each sub-list are not ranked.
Click on the link to go to Part B.
The sub-lists are:
01-12: Laugh Out Loud
11-24: Singular Self-Portraits
25-36: Novel Pleasures
37-48: Soul Food
49-60: Mysterious Matters
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1
Douglas Adams
The Ascent of Rum Doodle (W.E. Bowman)
The Ascent of Rum Doodle
2
W.E. Bowman
A Bullet in the Ballet (Caryl Brahms)
A Bullet in the Ballet
3
Caryl Brahms
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
4
Bill Bryson
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled (Will Cuppy)
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled
5
Will Cuppy
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
6
Stella Gibbons
Life Among the Savages (Shirley Jackson)
Life Among the Savages
7
Shirley Jackson
The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel (Don Marquis)
The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel
8
Don Marquis
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
9
Flann O'Brien
The Portable Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
The Portable Dorothy Parker
10
Dorothy Parker
The Bogey Man: A Month on the PGA Tour (George Plimpton)
The Bogey Man: A Month on the PGA Tour
11
George Plimpton
Pigs Have Wings (P. G. Wodehouse)
Pigs Have Wings
12
P. G. Wodehouse
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
13
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone De Beauvoir)
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
14
Simone De Beauvoir
Earthly Paradise (Colette)
Earthly Paradise
15
Colette
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
16
Anne Frank
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
17
Primo Levi
Tristes Tropiques (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
Tristes Tropiques
18
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Autobiography of John Stuart Mill (John Stuart Mill)
Autobiography of John Stuart Mill
19
John Stuart Mill
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
20
Vladimir Nabokov
Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez
Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez
21
The Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The Confessions
22
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Aké: The Years of Childhood (Wole Soyinka)
Aké: The Years of Childhood
23
Wole Soyinka
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
24
Malcolm X
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
25
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
26
Margaret Atwood
The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
27
The Feast of Love (Charles Baxter)
The Feast of Love
28
Charles Baxter
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
29
A.S. Byatt
Spartina (John Casey)
Spartina
30
John Casey
Clear Light of Day (Anita Desai)
Clear Light of Day
31
Anita Desai
The Game of Kings (Dorothy Dunnett)
The Game of Kings
32
Dorothy Dunnett
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
33
Jennifer Egan
An Infamous Army (Georgette Heyer)
An Infamous Army
34
Georgette Heyer
Epitaph of a Small Winner (Machado De Assis)
Epitaph of a Small Winner
35
Machado De Assis
The Wicked Pavilion (Dawn Powell)
The Wicked Pavilion
36
Dawn Powell
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
37
Marcus Aurelius
Journal of a Disappointed Man (W.N.P. Barbellion)
Journal of a Disappointed Man
38
W.N.P. Barbellion
Diary of a Country Priest (Georges Bernanos)
Diary of a Country Priest
39
Georges Bernanos
Dorothy Day the Long Loneliness
Dorothy Day the Long Loneliness
40
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