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The Ultimate Bucket List of Books (1,800 Essential Novels, Biographies, Essays, Plays, Science and Sports Books) - Page 2

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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Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
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Ron Chernow
Algerian White (Assia Djebar)
Algerian White
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Assia Djebar
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
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Margaret Atwood
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Lewis Carroll
All Clear (Connie Willis)
All Clear
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Connie Willis
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
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James Herriot
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
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Robert Penn Warren
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
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Anthony Doerr
All Music Guide (Michael Erlewine)
All Music Guide
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Michael Erlewine
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein)
All the President's Men
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Carl Bernstein
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
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Cormac McCarthy
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Erich Maria Remarque
All Things Bright and Beautiful (Herriot, James)
All Things Bright and Beautiful
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Herriot, James
All Things Wise and Wonderful (Herriot, James)
All Things Wise and Wonderful
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Herriot, James
All This Could Be Different (Sarah Thankam Mathews)
All This Could Be Different
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Sarah Thankam Mathews
Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story (Mark L. Shurtleff)
Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story
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Mark L. Shurtleff
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
57
Michael Chabon
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
58
Henry James
The Amber Spyglass (Phillip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
59
Phillip Pullman
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
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Neil Gaiman
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE by H. L. Mencken
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE by H. L. Mencken
61
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Jon Meacham)
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
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Jon Meacham
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
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Philip Roth
American Poison: How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise (Eduardo Porter)
American Poison: How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise
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Eduardo Porter
American Sphinx (Joseph J Ellis)
American Sphinx
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Joseph J Ellis
The American Way of Death
The American Way of Death
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
America's Quarterback: Bart Starr and the The Rise of the National Football League (Keith Dunnavant)
America's Quarterback: Bart Starr and the The Rise of the National Football League
68
Keith Dunnavant
Ammonite (Nicola Griffith)
Ammonite
69
Nicola Griffith
Amnesty (Aravind Adiga)
Amnesty
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Aravind Adiga
Among Others (Jo Walton)
Among Others
71
Jo Walton
Amsterdam (Ian McEwan)
Amsterdam
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Ian McEwan
An African in Greenland (Tété-Michel Kpomassie - Togo)
An African in Greenland
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Tété-Michel Kpomassie - Togo
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
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Tayari Jones
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
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Theodore Dreiser
An Angel at My Table (Janet Frame)
An Angel at My Table
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Janet Frame
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (Ed Yong)
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
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Ed Yong
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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Adam Smith
Anathem (Neal Stephenson)
Anathem
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Neal Stephenson
Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Justice
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Ann Leckie
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