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Must Read Books of Any Kind

This list encapsulates everything I have read and wish to read. The only criteria is that the books must be ones that a life cannot be without.
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The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek
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Inferno (Dan Brown)
Inferno
2
Dan Brown
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
3
Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
4
Dan Brown
Digital Fortress (Dan Brown)
Digital Fortress
5
Dan Brown
Deception Point (Dan Brown)
Deception Point
6
Dan Brown
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot (Bill O'Reilly)
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
7
Bill O'Reilly
Lost Symbol
Lost Symbol
8
Killing Lincoln (Bill O'Reilly)
Killing Lincoln
9
Bill O'Reilly
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
10
Ayn Rand
The Cuckoos Calling (Robert Galbraith)
The Cuckoos Calling
11
Robert Galbraith
The Silkworm (Galbraith, Robert)
The Silkworm
12
Galbraith, Robert
Career of Evil (Robert Galbraith)
Career of Evil
13
Robert Galbraith
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
14
Ayn Rand
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier (Stephen E. Ambrose)
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
15
Stephen E. Ambrose
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
16
Charles Dickens
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
17
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
18
Mark Twain
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
19
Sun Tzu
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
Common Sense
20
Thomas Paine
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
21
Oscar Wilde
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
22
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
23
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*Ck (Mark Manson)
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*Ck
24
Mark Manson
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
25
Jack London
Blink (Malcolm Gladwell)
Blink
26
Malcolm Gladwell
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
27
Dee Brown
Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation (John Ehle)
Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
28
John Ehle
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Outliers
29
Malcolm Gladwell
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
30
Jack London
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
31
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
32
George Orwell
1776 (David McCullough)
1776
33
David McCullough
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
34
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
35
Saul Bellow
All the Kings Men
All the Kings Men
36
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
37
Philip Roth
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
38
Theodore Dreiser
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
39
George Orwell
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
40
John O'Hara
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