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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
1
Cormac McCarthy
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
2
Gabriel García Márquez
A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
A Wild Sheep Chase
3
Haruki Murakami
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
4
Richard Wright
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
5
Franz Kafka
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
6
James Joyce
Selected Stories of Philip K.Dick (Philip K. Dick)
Selected Stories of Philip K.Dick
7
Philip K. Dick
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolano)
The Savage Detectives
8
Roberto Bolano
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son
9
Denis Johnson
Ghostwritten (David Mitchell)
Ghostwritten
10
David Mitchell
The Complete Tales and Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems
11
Edgar Allan Poe
The Electric Michelangelo (Sarah Hall)
The Electric Michelangelo
12
Sarah Hall
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
13
Italo Calvino
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
14
Raymond Chandler
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Diaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
15
Diaz
The Stories of Ray Bradbury (Ray Bradbury)
The Stories of Ray Bradbury
16
Ray Bradbury
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
17
Chuck Palahniuk
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
18
Raymond Carver
Flicker (Theodore Roszak)
Flicker
19
Theodore Roszak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
20
Aldous Huxley
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
21
The Notebook (Agota Kristof)
The Notebook
22
Agota Kristof
H.P. Lovecraft the Complete Fiction (H.P. Lovecraft)
H.P. Lovecraft the Complete Fiction
23
H.P. Lovecraft
The Intuitionist (Colson Whitehead)
The Intuitionist
24
Colson Whitehead
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
25
Richard Matheson
Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three (Clive Barker)
Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three
26
Clive Barker
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
27
Shirley Jackson
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
28
Vladimir Nabokov
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
29
Albert Camus
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
30
Anthony Burgess
Watchmen (Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons)
Watchmen
31
Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
The Fortress of Solitude (Jonathan Lethem)
The Fortress of Solitude
32
Jonathan Lethem
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
33
William Golding
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
34
Hunter S. Thompson
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
35
Joseph Heller
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
36
Mary Shelley
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves
37
Mark Danielewski
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
38
George Orwell
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
39
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Earth Abides (George R. Stewart)
Earth Abides
40
George R. Stewart
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