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A Bucket List of Books (1,500 Novels, Biographies, Essays, Memoirs, Plays, Science, Science Fiction and Sports Books). Updated to 2021 - Page 4

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 from most 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 Basketball Diaries (Jim Carroll)
The Basketball Diaries (Jim Carroll)
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Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
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The Bean Trees
The Bean Trees
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The Bear Comes Home (Rafi Zabor)
The Bear Comes Home (Rafi Zabor)
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The Beatles: The Biography (Bob Spitz)
The Beatles: The Biography (Bob Spitz)
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The Beauty Myth (Naomi Wolf)
The Beauty Myth (Naomi Wolf)
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Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
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Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph (Jan Swafford)
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph (Jan Swafford)
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Before I Go to Sleep (S.J. Watson)
Before I Go to Sleep (S.J. Watson)
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Bel Ami (Maupassant)
Bel Ami (Maupassant)
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Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
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Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
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Beowulf
Beowulf
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Berlin Alexander-Platz
Berlin Alexander-Platz
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The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
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The Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam)
The Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam)
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The Best of Fredric Brown (Fredric Brown)
The Best of Fredric Brown (Fredric Brown)
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Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
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Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Frederik Pohl)
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Frederik Pohl)
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The Bible
The Bible
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The Big Money (John Dos Passos)
The Big Money (John Dos Passos)
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The Big Short (Michael Lewis)
The Big Short (Michael Lewis)
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The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
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Billy Bathgate (E. L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate (E. L. Doctorow)
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Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
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Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
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The Birthday Boys (Beryl Bainbridge)
The Birthday Boys (Beryl Bainbridge)
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The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
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Black Like Me (John Howard Griffin)
Black Like Me (John Howard Griffin)
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The Black Spider (Jeremias Gotthelf)
The Black Spider (Jeremias Gotthelf)
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A Black Women's History of the United States (Daina Ramey Berry)
A Black Women's History of the United States (Daina Ramey Berry)
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Blackout (Connie Willis)
Blackout (Connie Willis)
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Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
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The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
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Blindness (Jose Saramago)
Blindness (Jose Saramago)
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Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
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