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200 Books to Read Before You Draw Your Last Breath

A list of many genres. I've even included a couple of books from Listopia's 'Best Bodice Ripper Romances'; hopefully they will be able to resuscitate any readers facing death. At the risk of finishing them off more quickly.
Most of the books are ones that caught my eye while I was doing my annual update of previous challenges. Many of them are unread works from my favourite authors. As well, quite a number of interesting NYRB works were drawn from the challenges of Korrick and others.
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Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
1
Elie Wiesel
The ABC Murders (Agatha Christie)
The ABC Murders
2
Agatha Christie
Farmer Boy (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Farmer Boy
3
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
4
Sayaka Murata
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus
5
Chimamanda Adichie
Manhattan Beach (Jennifer Egan)
Manhattan Beach
6
Jennifer Egan
Euphoria (Lily King)
Euphoria
7
Lily King
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair
8
Jasper Fforde
Jacob's Room (Virginia Woolf)
Jacob's Room
9
Virginia Woolf
Carol (Patricia Highsmith)
Carol
10
Patricia Highsmith
Day (Eliel Wiesel)
Day
11
Eliel Wiesel
The House of the Dead (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The House of the Dead
12
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
Love in a Fallen City
13
Eileen Chang
The Book of Tea (Kakuzo Okakura)
The Book of Tea
14
Kakuzo Okakura
The Midwich Cuckoos (John Wyndham)
The Midwich Cuckoos
15
John Wyndham
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
16
Tove Jansson
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
17
W.E.B. Du Bois
Death Comes as the End (Agatha Christie)
Death Comes as the End
18
Agatha Christie
The Street of Crocodiles (Bruno Schulz)
The Street of Crocodiles
19
Bruno Schulz
Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet)
Glengarry Glen Ross
20
David Mamet
Sappho: A New Translation (Sappho)
Sappho: A New Translation
21
Sappho
The Magic Toyshop (Angela Carter)
The Magic Toyshop
22
Angela Carter
Love and Friendship (Jane Austen)
Love and Friendship
23
Jane Austen
Rocket Boys (Homer Hickam)
Rocket Boys
24
Homer Hickam
The Mousetrap (Agatha Christie)
The Mousetrap
25
Agatha Christie
The Child in Time (Ian McEwan)
The Child in Time
26
Ian McEwan
The Golem (Gustav Meyrink)
The Golem
27
Gustav Meyrink
Two Old Women (Velma Wallis)
Two Old Women
28
Velma Wallis
The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Black Cat
29
Edgar Allan Poe
The Women's Room (Marilyn French)
The Women's Room
30
Marilyn French
When the Emperor Was Divine (Julie Otsuka)
When the Emperor Was Divine
31
Julie Otsuka
The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
The Devil's Dictionary
32
Ambrose Bierce
The True Deceiver (Tove Jansson)
The True Deceiver
33
Tove Jansson
Antigone (Jean Anouilh)
Antigone
34
Jean Anouilh
The Bald Soprano (Eugene Ionesco)
The Bald Soprano
35
Eugene Ionesco
Pollyanna Grows Up (Eleanor Porter)
Pollyanna Grows Up
36
Eleanor Porter
The Late Mattia Pascal (Luigi Pirandello)
The Late Mattia Pascal
37
Luigi Pirandello
Waiting to Exhale (Terry McMillan)
Waiting to Exhale
38
Terry McMillan
Women Without Men (Shahrnush Parsipur)
Women Without Men
39
Shahrnush Parsipur
Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)
Till We Have Faces
40
C.S. Lewis
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