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The Bucket Is Always Half Full

I have made lots of reading lists. I have never finished them all. So instead of making a "books to read this year" list, I thought hard about which books I would feel sorry not having read at all.
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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Terry Pratchett)
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
2
Terry Pratchett
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
3
Neil Gaiman
The Art of Happiness (14th Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler)
The Art of Happiness
4
14th Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler
The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum (Temple Grandin)
The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
5
Temple Grandin
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
6
Evelyn Waugh
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
7
Junot Díaz
Brunelleschi's Dome (Ross King)
Brunelleschi's Dome
8
Ross King
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
9
Voltaire
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
10
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
11
Margaret Atwood
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
12
Stendhal
The Code of the Woosters (Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
13
Wodehouse
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
14
Leo Tolstoy
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
15
Giovanni Boccaccio
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
16
Douglas Adams
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
17
Ursula K. Le Guin
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
18
Philip K. Dick
Einstein's Dreams (Alan Lightman)
Einstein's Dreams
19
Alan Lightman
The Elegant Universe
The Elegant Universe
20
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
21
Jane Austen
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
22
Aleksandr Pushkin
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (J. K. Rowling)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
23
J. K. Rowling
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
24
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
25
Chuck Palahniuk
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
26
Iaac Asimov
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
27
Jeannette Walls
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
28
Margaret Mitchell
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
29
Jonathan Swift
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
30
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
31
Sandra Cisneros
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
32
Maya Angelou
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
33
Homer
Infidel
Infidel
34
The Innovators (Walter Isaacson)
The Innovators
35
Walter Isaacson
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano)
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
36
Olaudah Equiano
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
37
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
38
William Shakespeare
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
39
Banana Yoshimoto
Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential
40
Anthony Bourdain
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