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25 Books to Read Before You Die

Spoiler alert: we’re all going to die. But instead of letting this information cause you to curl up in a ball and head into an existential tailspin, why not let it add some urgency to your reading list? Here are 25 books Powell’s employees think you need to read before going gently into that good night.
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2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
Roberto Bolaño
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All About Love (Bell Hooks)
All About Love
Bell Hooks
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Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
Desert Solitaire
Edward Abbey
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Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee
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Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
Katherine Dunn
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Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
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Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Flannery O'Connor
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
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If on a Winters Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winters Night a Traveller
Italo Calvino
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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
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The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
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Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
Art Spiegelman
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
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A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn
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The Phantom Toolbooth
The Phantom Toolbooth
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Poems by Elizabeth Bishop
Poems by Elizabeth Bishop
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
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