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The Torchlight List: Around the World in 200+ Books

From the book of the same name: "A brilliant road map for discovering history, science, civilization, and the human condition, this engaging record recommends must-read books: those so revealing about times and places that they take the reader beyond day-to-day concerns into a magic realm of knowledge and imagination. From Arthur Koestler's take on the universe and Barbara Tuchman's view on 14th-century life to F. Scott Fitzgerald's impressions of American morality and Robert Fisk's analysis of the West's history of intervention in the Middle East, this engaging account is an idiosyncratic and endlessly interesting tour of the world through literature"
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The 42nd Parallel (John Dos Passos)
The 42nd Parallel
1
John Dos Passos
1919 (John Dos Passos)
1919
2
John Dos Passos
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
The Acquisitive Society (R. H. Tawney)
The Acquisitive Society
4
R. H. Tawney
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
5
Saul Bellow
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan (Aldous Huxley)
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan
6
Aldous Huxley
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
7
Robert Penn Warren
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
8
Philip Roth
Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey (V.S. Naipaul)
Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey
9
V.S. Naipaul
An Autobiography (Gandhi)
An Autobiography
10
Gandhi
The Anatomy Lesson (Philip Roth)
The Anatomy Lesson
11
Philip Roth
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
12
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
13
Leo Tolstoy
Antic Hay (Aldous Huxley)
Antic Hay
14
Aldous Huxley
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
15
Mario Vargas Llosa
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto
16
Ann Pratchett
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
17
V.S. Naipaul
The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene V. Debs (Ray Ginger)
The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene V. Debs
18
Ray Ginger
Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness (Ray Monk)
Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness
19
Ray Monk
Bertrand Russell: The Spirit of Solitude (Ray Monk)
Bertrand Russell: The Spirit of Solitude
20
Ray Monk
The Best Short Stories of Jack London (Jack London)
The Best Short Stories of Jack London
21
Jack London
The Big Money (John Dos Passos)
The Big Money
22
John Dos Passos
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate
23
E.L. Doctorow
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
24
Sebastian Faulks
Black Education: Myths and Tragedies (Thomas Sowell)
Black Education: Myths and Tragedies
25
Thomas Sowell
The Black Obelisk (Erich Maria Remarque)
The Black Obelisk
26
Erich Maria Remarque
The Blind Watchmaker (Richard Dawkins)
The Blind Watchmaker
27
Richard Dawkins
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
28
Tom Wolfe
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
29
Thornton Wilder
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
30
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Captive Mind (Czesław Miłosz)
The Captive Mind
31
Czesław Miłosz
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
32
Joseph Heller
Changing Places (David Lodge)
Changing Places
33
David Lodge
Charles Darwin (Adrian Desmond)
Charles Darwin
34
Adrian Desmond
The Children of Sanchez (Oscar Lewis)
The Children of Sanchez
35
Oscar Lewis
China: Tradition and Transformation (John King Fairbank)
China: Tradition and Transformation
36
John King Fairbank
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
37
Chaim Potok
Christ Stopped at Eboli (Carlo Levi)
Christ Stopped at Eboli
38
Carlo Levi
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Jared Diamond)
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
39
Jared Diamond
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
40
John Kennedy Toole
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