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The Ultimate Bucket List of Books (1,800 Essential Novels, Biographies, Essays, Plays, Science and Sports Books) - Page 30

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 Old Drift (Namwali Serpell)
The Old Drift
1161
Namwali Serpell
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
1162
Elizabeth Strout
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
1163
Charles Dickens
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
1164
Zadie Smith
On Black Sisters' Street (Chika Unigwe)
On Black Sisters' Street
1165
Chika Unigwe
On the Brink (Hank Paulson)
On the Brink
1166
Hank Paulson
On Human Nature (Edward O. Wilson)
On Human Nature
1167
Edward O. Wilson
On Liberty (John Stuart Mill)
On Liberty
1168
John Stuart Mill
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
1169
Charles Darwin
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
1170
Jack Kerouac
On the Side of the Poor: The Theology of Liberation (Gustavo Gutiérrez and Gerhard Ludwig Müller)
On the Side of the Poor: The Theology of Liberation
1171
Gustavo Gutiérrez and Gerhard Ludwig Müller
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
1172
Stephen King
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
1173
T.H. White
One Corpse Too Many
One Corpse Too Many
1174
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
1175
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1176
Ken Kesey
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
1177
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One of Us (Åsne Seierstad,)
One of Us
1178
Åsne Seierstad,
One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
One Thousand and One Nights
1179
Anonymous
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown (R.J. Smith)
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown
1180
R.J. Smith
The Onion Presents Embedded in America (The Onion)
The Onion Presents Embedded in America
1181
The Onion
Open City (Teju Cole)
Open City
1182
Teju Cole
Operating Instructions (Anne Lamott)
Operating Instructions
1183
Anne Lamott
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victor (Ben Macintyre)
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victor
1184
Ben Macintyre
The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)
The Optimist's Daughter
1185
Eudora Welty
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1186
Jeanette Winterson
The Orestia Trilogy (Aeschylus)
The Orestia Trilogy
1187
Aeschylus
Orlando: A Biography (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando: A Biography
1188
Virginia Woolf
The Orphan Master's Son (Adam Johnson)
The Orphan Master's Son
1189
Adam Johnson
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
1190
Margaret Atwood
Oscar and Lucinda (Australia)
Oscar and Lucinda (Australia)
1191
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
1192
William Shakespeare
The Other Black Girl (Zakiya Dalila Harris)
The Other Black Girl
1193
Zakiya Dalila Harris
Our Band Could Be Your Life
Our Band Could Be Your Life
1194
Our Lady of the Flowers (Jean Genet)
Our Lady of the Flowers
1195
Jean Genet
Our Man in Havana (Graham Greene)
Our Man in Havana
1196
Graham Greene
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
1197
Charles Dickens
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
1198
Thornton Wilder
Out - Natsuo Kirino
Out - Natsuo Kirino
1199
Out of Africa (Karen Blixen)
Out of Africa
1200
Karen Blixen
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