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The Ultimate Bucket List of Books (1,800 Essential Novels, Biographies, Essays, Plays, Science and Sports Books) - Page 28

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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Murder in the Cathedral (T. S. Eliot)
Murder in the Cathedral
1081
T. S. Eliot
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
1082
Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
1083
Agatha Christie
Musichound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (Gary Graff)
Musichound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
1084
Gary Graff
Mutiny on the Bounty (Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall)
Mutiny on the Bounty
1085
Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
1086
Elena Ferrante
My Left Foot (Christy Brown)
My Left Foot
1087
Christy Brown
My Life (Bill Clinton)
My Life
1088
Bill Clinton
My Name Is Asher Lev (Chaim Potok)
My Name Is Asher Lev
1089
Chaim Potok
My Name Is Red (Orhan Pamuk)
My Name Is Red
1090
Orhan Pamuk
My Own Devices (Dessa)
My Own Devices
1091
Dessa
My Reading Life (Pat Conroy)
My Reading Life
1092
Pat Conroy
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
1093
Oyinkan Braithwaite
My Year of Meats (Ruth Ozeki)
My Year of Meats
1094
Ruth Ozeki
Mycroft and Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
Mycroft and Sherlock
1095
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse)
Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage
1096
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse
Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse)
Mycroft Holmes
1097
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse
Mystery Train (Greil Marcus)
Mystery Train
1098
Greil Marcus
Mythago Wood (Robert Holdstock)
Mythago Wood
1099
Robert Holdstock
Mythos: The Greek Myths Reimagined (Stephen Fry)
Mythos: The Greek Myths Reimagined
1100
Stephen Fry
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
1101
Norman Mailer
The Naked Sun (Isaac Asimov)
The Naked Sun
1102
Isaac Asimov
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
1103
Umberto Eco
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
1104
Jhumpa Lahiri
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
1105
Frederick Douglass
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
1106
Richard Flanagan
Nationalism (Rabindranath Tagore)
Nationalism
1107
Rabindranath Tagore
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
1108
Richard Wright
Native Speaker (Chang-Rae Lee)
Native Speaker
1109
Chang-Rae Lee
The Natural (Bernard Malamud)
The Natural
1110
Bernard Malamud
The Netanyahus (Joshua Cohen)
The Netanyahus
1111
Joshua Cohen
Netherland (Joseph O'Neill)
Netherland
1112
Joseph O'Neill
Nettle and Bone (T. Kingfisher)
Nettle and Bone
1113
T. Kingfisher
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
1114
William Gibson
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
1115
Kazuo Ishiguro
Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
Neverwhere
1116
Neil Gaiman
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
1117
Michelle Alexander
The New Kings of Non Fiction (Ira Glass)
The New Kings of Non Fiction
1118
Ira Glass
The New Our Bodies, Ourselves (Boston Women's Health Collective)
The New Our Bodies, Ourselves
1119
Boston Women's Health Collective
New Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
New Selected Stories
1120
Alice Munro
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