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The Ultimate Bucket List of Books (1,800 Essential Novels, Biographies, Essays, Plays, Science and Sports Books) - Page 10

Most lists of "essential books" are flawed in some manner. They are either too short ("top 50 books for men", or too old (no books from the last 50 years). Other book lists fail to include essays, plays, rock and roll memoirs, science books, and science fiction. Other lists fall short in providing a true world view. I tried to get a solid sampling from every genre and almost 100 countries. This list was created by taking the best of 15 lists. I then added several years of recommended books from the The Week, and foreign language recommended books. I then added my favorites to the list if they were not already there. Enjoy!
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The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Copenhagen Trilogy
361
Tove Ditlevsen
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
362
William Shakespeare
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
363
Jonathan Franzen
Corregidora (Gayl Jones)
Corregidora
364
Gayl Jones
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
365
Alexandre Dumas
Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock'n'roll (Nick Tosches)
Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock'n'roll
366
Nick Tosches
A Cowrie of Hope (Binwell Sinyangwe)
A Cowrie of Hope
367
Binwell Sinyangwe
Crazy for the Storm (Norman Ollestad)
Crazy for the Storm
368
Norman Ollestad
Creative Tensions: Civility, Empathy and the Future of Liberal Education (Brian Rosenberg)
Creative Tensions: Civility, Empathy and the Future of Liberal Education
369
Brian Rosenberg
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
370
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crossing (Cormac McCarthy)
The Crossing
371
Cormac McCarthy
Crossing the Threshold of Hope (Pope John Paul II)
Crossing the Threshold of Hope
372
Pope John Paul II
Crossroads: How the Blues Shaped Rock 'N' Roll (John Milward)
Crossroads: How the Blues Shaped Rock 'N' Roll
373
John Milward
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
374
Arthur Miller
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
375
Alan Paton
Crying in H Mart (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart
376
Michelle Zauner
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
377
Thomas Pynchon
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon
378
Neal Stephenson
The Cult of Personality: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage (Annie Murphy Paul)
The Cult of Personality: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage
379
Annie Murphy Paul
A Cup of Coffee With My Interrogator: The Prague Chronicles of Ludvik Vaculik (Ludvík Vaculík)
A Cup of Coffee With My Interrogator: The Prague Chronicles of Ludvik Vaculik
380
Ludvík Vaculík
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
381
Mark Haddon
Cursed Bunny (Bora Chung)
Cursed Bunny
382
Bora Chung
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
383
Abraham Verghese
The Czar's Madman (Jaan Kross)
The Czar's Madman
384
Jaan Kross
Daily Show Earth (Jon Stewart)
Daily Show Earth
385
Jon Stewart
The Daily Show: An Oral History (Chris Smith)
The Daily Show: An Oral History
386
Chris Smith
Damascus Nights (Rafik Schami)
Damascus Nights
387
Rafik Schami
A Dance With Dragons (George R.R. Martin)
A Dance With Dragons
388
George R.R. Martin
The Danish Girl (David Ebershoff)
The Danish Girl
389
David Ebershoff
The Dark Forest (Cixin Liu)
The Dark Forest
390
Cixin Liu
The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World (Shelley Puhak)
The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
391
Shelley Puhak
The Dark Side:The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideal (Jane Mayer)
The Dark Side:The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideal
392
Jane Mayer
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
393
Arthur Koestler
Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
Das Kapital
394
Karl Marx
Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Lani Taylor)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
395
Lani Taylor
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
396
Charles Dickens
The Day of the Jackal--Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal--Jackal
397
Frederick Forsyth
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
398
Nathanael West
The Day of the Scorpion (The Raj Quartet #2) (Paul Scott)
The Day of the Scorpion (The Raj Quartet #2)
399
Paul Scott
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
400
Nikolai Gogol
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