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1001+ Books to Read Before You Die

A list of the best books to read in a lifetime, as per the saying of readers and critics. How many did you manage to overcome?
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
1
Kazuo Ishiguro
Animal's People
Animal's People
2
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
3
Saturday, Ian McEwan
Saturday, Ian McEwan
4
Falling Man
Falling Man
5
The Children's Book (A.S. Byatt)
The Children's Book
6
A.S. Byatt
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
7
Zadie Smith
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
8
Mohsin Hamid
Invisible
Invisible
9
Slow Man
Slow Man
10
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun
11
American Rust
American Rust
12
Adjunct: An Undigest
Adjunct: An Undigest
13
The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell)
The Kindly Ones
14
Jonathan Littell
Cost: A Novel
Cost: A Novel
15
The Sea (John Banville)
The Sea
16
John Banville
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
17
Kiran Desai
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
18
Aravind Adiga
The Red Queen (Philippa Gregory)
The Red Queen
19
Philippa Gregory
Against the Day (Thomas Pynchon)
Against the Day
20
Thomas Pynchon
Home (Marilynne Robinson)
Home
21
Marilynne Robinson
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
22
Philip Roth
Carry Me Down
Carry Me Down
23
Kieron Smith, Boy
Kieron Smith, Boy
24
The Master
The Master
25
Mother's Milk (Edward St. Aubyn)
Mother's Milk
26
Edward St. Aubyn
The Gathering (Anne Enright)
The Gathering
27
Anne Enright
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point
28
Measuring the World
Measuring the World
29
The Blind Side of the Heart
The Blind Side of the Heart
30
The Lambs of London
The Lambs of London
31
A Short History of Tractors in UKrainian (Marina Lewycka)
A Short History of Tractors in UKrainian
32
Marina Lewycka
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
33
Junot Díaz
Dining on Stones
Dining on Stones
34
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
35
David Mitchell
The Accidental
The Accidental
36
Drop City
Drop City
37
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
38
Alan Hollinghurst
The Colour
The Colour
39
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
40
Roberto Bolaño
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