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The Ultimate Bucket List of Books (1,800 Essential Novels, Biographies, Essays, Plays, Science and Sports Books) - Page 40

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 Tattooist of Auschwitz (Heather Morris)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
1561
Heather Morris
Teacher Man (Frank McCourt)
Teacher Man
1562
Frank McCourt
Team of Rivals (Doris Goodwin)
Team of Rivals
1563
Doris Goodwin
The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship Paperback (David Halberstam)
The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship Paperback
1564
David Halberstam
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
1565
William Shakespeare
Temple of Dawn (Yukio Mishima)
Temple of Dawn
1566
Yukio Mishima
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
1567
Ten Days in a Mad-House (Nellie Bly)
Ten Days in a Mad-House
1568
Nellie Bly
Ten Days That Shook the World (John Reed)
Ten Days That Shook the World
1569
John Reed
The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Alix E. Harrow)
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
1570
Alix E. Harrow
Ten Years in the Tub (Nick Hornby)
Ten Years in the Tub
1571
Nick Hornby
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
1572
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
1573
George Saunders
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim (Jonathan Coe)
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim
1574
Jonathan Coe
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
1575
Thomas Hardy
A Testament of Hope (Martin Luther King Jr.)
A Testament of Hope
1576
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
1577
Margaret Atwood
Thank You Jeeves (P. G. Wodehouse)
Thank You Jeeves
1578
P. G. Wodehouse
That They May Face the Rising Sun
That They May Face the Rising Sun
1579
Their Eyes Were Watching (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching
1580
Zora Neale Hurston
Theodore Rex (Edmund Morris)
Theodore Rex
1581
Edmund Morris
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There
1582
Tommy Orange
The Thief (Fuminori Nakamura)
The Thief
1583
Fuminori Nakamura
The Thief and the Dogs (Naguib Mahfouz)
The Thief and the Dogs
1584
Naguib Mahfouz
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man
1585
Dashiell Hammett
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
1586
Chinua Achebe
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
1587
Tim O'Brien
Thinking in Pictures (Temple Grandin)
Thinking in Pictures
1588
Temple Grandin
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien)
The Third Policeman
1589
Flann O'Brien
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
The Thirty-Nine Steps
1590
John Buchan
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
1591
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
The Thorn Birds
1592
Colleen McCullough
Those Guys Have All the Fun (James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales)
Those Guys Have All the Fun
1593
James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Elena Ferrante)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
1594
Elena Ferrante
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
1595
Jane Smiley
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet (David Mitchell)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
1596
David Mitchell
A Thousand Ships (Natalie Haynes)
A Thousand Ships
1597
Natalie Haynes
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
1598
Khaled Hosseini
Three Day Road (Joseph Boyden)
Three Day Road
1599
Joseph Boyden
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
Three Men in a Boat
1600
Jerome K. Jerome
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