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Books That Should Be in the 1001 Books

Books that should be in the list of 1001 books you must read before you die Books that should be in the list of 1001 books you must read before you die
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
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Kallocain (Karin Boye)
Kallocain
Karin Boye
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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 Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
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The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
The Stepford Wives
Ira Levin
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Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
Stephen King
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Dona Barbara (Romulo Gallegos)
Dona Barbara
Romulo Gallegos
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Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
Homer
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Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
Homer
10
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
Virgil
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The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
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Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
John Milton
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Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
14
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
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King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
William Shakespeare
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MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
William Shakespeare
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The Henriad (William Shakespeare)
The Henriad
William Shakespeare
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Rubyfruit Jungle (Rita Mae Brown)
Rubyfruit Jungle
Rita Mae Brown
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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson; Ed. by Thomas H. Johnson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson; Ed. by Thomas H. Johnson
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Raymond Carver
21
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
Angela Carter
22
The Odd Women (George Gissing)
The Odd Women
George Gissing
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The Beetle (Richard Marsh)
The Beetle
Richard Marsh
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy
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The Romance of a Shop (Amy Levy)
The Romance of a Shop
Amy Levy
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The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls
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The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Hannah Arendt)
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
Hannah Arendt
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The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
Simone De Beauvoir
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee
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Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
Richard Adams
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Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Oedipus the King
Sophocles
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The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane
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Medea (Euripides)
Medea
Euripides
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Bacchae (Euripides)
Bacchae
Euripides
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Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
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The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
Pearl S. Buck
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Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
Alex Haley
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The Street (Ann Petry)
The Street
Ann Petry
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Oresteia (Aeschylus)
Oresteia
Aeschylus
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