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Complex.com - 50 Books to Read Before You Die

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"Anyone who's spent hours inside a Barnes & Noble knows how daunting it is to select the right books.....which is why we here at Complex have decided to provide a diverse end-of-days literary list, a.k.a. 50 Books To Read Before You Die, one that's been compiled from the personal libraries of each staff member."
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No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
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A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
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The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
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Selected Stories of Philip K.Dick (Philip K. Dick)
Selected Stories of Philip K.Dick (Philip K. Dick)
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The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolano)
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolano)
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Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
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Ghostwritten (David Mitchell)
Ghostwritten (David Mitchell)
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The Complete Tales and Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
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The Electric Michelangelo (Sarah Hall)
The Electric Michelangelo (Sarah Hall)
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
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The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Diaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Diaz)
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The Stories of Ray Bradbury (Ray Bradbury)
The Stories of Ray Bradbury (Ray Bradbury)
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Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
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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)
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Flicker (Theodore Roszak)
Flicker (Theodore Roszak)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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The Notebook (Agota Kristof)
The Notebook (Agota Kristof)
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H.P. Lovecraft the Complete Fiction (H.P. Lovecraft)
H.P. Lovecraft the Complete Fiction (H.P. Lovecraft)
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The Intuitionist (Colson Whitehead)
The Intuitionist (Colson Whitehead)
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I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
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Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three (Clive Barker)
Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three (Clive Barker)
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The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
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Watchmen (Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons)
Watchmen (Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons)
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The Fortress of Solitude
The Fortress of Solitude
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
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House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Earth Abides (George R. Stewart)
Earth Abides (George R. Stewart)
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