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The Bibliophile's 1001 Books to Read Before You Die - Page 2

This is a list that I've been wanting to make for some time, but I haven't had the time to do so. It's a special list to me, as I remember getting the original 1001 Books to Read Before You Die book for my birthday nearly twenty years ago, and it inspired me greatly. For perhaps too long I would only read books that were in that 1001 Books edition, and I came to realise that I was neglecting the wonderful new books being published. So I've found a nice balance between the original 1001 Books edition and 21st century literature. I also had different opinions regarding some books either in or not in the original edition. So, this is my list of 1001 Books To Read Before You Die, and it's the most important and personal list I've published to date.
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American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
41
James Ellroy
Amok (Stefan Zweig)
Amok
42
Stefan Zweig
Amongst Women (John McGahern)
Amongst Women
43
John McGahern
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
44
Tayari Jones
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
45
Theodore Dreiser
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
46
Kazuo Ishiguro
Anagrams (Lorrie Moore)
Anagrams
47
Lorrie Moore
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
48
Agatha Christie
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
49
Wallace Stegner
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
50
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
51
Leo Tolstoy
Antic Hay (Aldous Huxley)
Antic Hay
52
Aldous Huxley
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
53
Sophocles
Arcadia (Jim Crace)
Arcadia
54
Jim Crace
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
55
Jules Verne
Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
Arrow of God
56
Chinua Achebe
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
57
Sinclair Lewis
The Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
The Art of Fielding
58
Chad Harbach
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
59
William Faulkner
At Swim, Two Boys (Jamie O'Neill)
At Swim, Two Boys
60
Jamie O'Neill
At Swim-Two-Brids (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Brids
61
Flann O'Brien
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
62
Ian McEwan
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
63
W.G. Sebald
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
64
Gertrude Stein
Auto-Da-Fe (Elias Canetti)
Auto-Da-Fe
65
Elias Canetti
Autumn (Ali Smith)
Autumn
66
Ali Smith
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
67
Kate Chopin
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
68
Sinclair Lewis
The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
69
Italo Calvino
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
70
Herman Melville
The Beach (Alex Garland)
The Beach
71
Alex Garland
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
72
Before Night Falls (Reinaldo Arenas)
Before Night Falls
73
Reinaldo Arenas
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
74
Ann Patchett
The Bell (Iris Murdoch)
The Bell
75
Iris Murdoch
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
76
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
77
Toni Morrison
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
78
V.S. Naipaul
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
79
Tr. Seamus Heaney
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
80
Alfred Döblin
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