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The Ultimate Bucket List of Books (1,800 Essential Novels, Biographies, Essays, Plays, Science and Sports Books) - Page 9

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 Civil War: A Narrative, Volume II: Fredericksburg to Meridian (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume II: Fredericksburg to Meridian
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Shelby Foote
The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume III: Red River to Appomattox (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume III: Red River to Appomattox
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Shelby Foote
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
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Samuel Richardson
A Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin)
A Clash of Kings
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George R.R. Martin
Classic American Speeches (Various Authors)
Classic American Speeches
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Various Authors
Clea (Lawrence Durrell)
Clea
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Lawrence Durrell
Cleopatra (Stacy Schiff)
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Stacy Schiff
Cleveland by Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant
Cleveland by Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
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Anthony Burgess
Closing the Gap: Lombardi, the Packers Dynasty and the Pursuit of Excellence (Willie Davis)
Closing the Gap: Lombardi, the Packers Dynasty and the Pursuit of Excellence
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Willie Davis
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
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David Mitchell
Cloudstreet (Tim Winton)
Cloudstreet
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Tim Winton
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
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P.G. Wodehouse
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
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Eric Ambler
A Coffin for King Charles (C.V. Wedgwood)
A Coffin for King Charles
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C.V. Wedgwood
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
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Stella Gibbons
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
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Charles Frazier
Collected Essays (George Orwell)
Collected Essays
338
George Orwell
Collected Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Collected Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
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W.B. Yeats
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (Katherine Anne Porter)
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
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Katherine Anne Porter
The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe
342
Edgar Allan Poe
Colonel Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
Colonel Roosevelt
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Edmund Morris
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
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Alice Walker
Colossus (Niall Ferguson)
Colossus
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Niall Ferguson
A Column of Fire (Ken Follet)
A Column of Fire
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Ken Follet
Coming Home Crazy (Bill Holm)
Coming Home Crazy
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Bill Holm
Common Sense, the Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
Common Sense, the Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
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Commonwealth (Ann Patchett)
Commonwealth
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Ann Patchett
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
350
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (Maya Angelou)
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus: All the Words, Vol. 1 (Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam Et Al.)
The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus: All the Words, Vol. 1
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Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam Et Al.
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
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John Kennedy Toole
The Confessions of St Augustine
The Confessions of St Augustine
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The Confusion
The Confusion
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Conspiracy in the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Eight (Jon Wiener)
Conspiracy in the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Eight
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Jon Wiener
The Constitution of the United States of America With the Declaration of Independence (Various Authors)
The Constitution of the United States of America With the Declaration of Independence
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Various Authors
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
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Carl Sagan
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