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The Ultimate Bucket List of Books (1,800 Essential Novels, Biographies, Essays, Plays, Science and Sports Books) - Page 26

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 Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Marriage Plot
1001
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Marriage Portrait (Maggie O'farrell)
The Marriage Portrait
1002
Maggie O'farrell
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
1003
Andy Weir
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
1004
Ray Bradbury
Mason & Dixon (Thomas Pynchon)
Mason & Dixon
1005
Thomas Pynchon
The Master (Colm Tóibín)
The Master
1006
Colm Tóibín
Master and Commander (Patrick O'Brian)
Master and Commander
1007
Patrick O'Brian
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
1008
Mikhail Bulgakov
A Master of Djinn (Djèlí Clark)
A Master of Djinn
1009
Djèlí Clark
Master of the Game (Sidney Sheldon)
Master of the Game
1010
Sidney Sheldon
Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
Master of the Senate
1011
Robert A. Caro
Matigari (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o)
Matigari
1012
Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
1013
Roald Dahl
Matterhorn (Karl Marlantes)
Matterhorn
1014
Karl Marlantes
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
Maurice
1015
E.M. Forster
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
1016
Art Spiegelman
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
1017
Thomas Hardy
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
1018
David Sedaris
Means of Ascent (Robert Caro)
Means of Ascent
1019
Robert Caro
Meddling Kids (Edgar Cantero)
Meddling Kids
1020
Edgar Cantero
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
1021
Euripides
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
1022
Marcus Aurelius
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone De Beauvoir)
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
1023
Simone De Beauvoir
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
1024
Arthur Golden
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
1025
Marguerite Yourcenar
A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine)
A Memory Called Empire
1026
Arkady Martine
The Memory Police (Yōko Ogawa)
The Memory Police
1027
Yōko Ogawa
Memory Wall (Anthony Doerr)
Memory Wall
1028
Anthony Doerr
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
1029
Jesmyn Ward
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
1030
William Shakespeare
Mere Christianity (C. S. Lewis)
Mere Christianity
1031
C. S. Lewis
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
1032
Franz Kafka
Metropolitan Life (Fran Lebowitz)
Metropolitan Life
1033
Fran Lebowitz
Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Mexican Gothic
1034
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Microserfs (Douglas Coupland)
Microserfs
1035
Douglas Coupland
Midaq Alley (Naguib Mahfouz)
Midaq Alley
1036
Naguib Mahfouz
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
1037
George Eliot
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
1038
Jeffrey Eugenides
Midnight in Chernobyl (Adam Higginbotham)
Midnight in Chernobyl
1039
Adam Higginbotham
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1040
John Berendt
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