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1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: Special Lists Part A

This is Part A of a 3 part challenge and presents 5 categories from the section "A Miscellany of Special Lists" in James Mustich's "1,000 Books to Read Before You Die" (Workman, 2018). Basically these are his special recommendations from the 1,000 unranked titles of the book's main section. The titles in each sub-list are not ranked.
Click on the link to go to Part B.
The sub-lists are:
01-12: Laugh Out Loud
11-24: Singular Self-Portraits
25-36: Novel Pleasures
37-48: Soul Food
49-60: Mysterious Matters
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
2
The Ascent of Rum Doodle (W.E. Bowman)
The Ascent of Rum Doodle (W.E. Bowman)
3
A Bullet in the Ballet (Caryl Brahms)
A Bullet in the Ballet (Caryl Brahms)
4
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
5
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled (Will Cuppy)
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled (Will Cuppy)
6
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
7
Life Among the Savages (Shirley Jackson)
Life Among the Savages (Shirley Jackson)
8
The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel (Don Marquis)
The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel (Don Marquis)
9
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
10
The Portable Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
The Portable Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
11
The Bogey Man: A Month on the PGA Tour (George Plimpton)
The Bogey Man: A Month on the PGA Tour (George Plimpton)
12
Pigs Have Wings (P. G. Wodehouse)
Pigs Have Wings (P. G. Wodehouse)
13
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
14
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone De Beauvoir)
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone De Beauvoir)
15
Earthly Paradise (Colette)
Earthly Paradise (Colette)
16
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
17
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
18
Tristes Tropiques (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
Tristes Tropiques (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
19
Autobiography of John Stuart Mill (John Stuart Mill)
Autobiography of John Stuart Mill (John Stuart Mill)
20
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
21
Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez
Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez
22
The Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
23
Aké: The Years of Childhood (Wole Soyinka)
Aké: The Years of Childhood (Wole Soyinka)
24
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
25
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
26
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
27
The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
28
The Feast of Love (Charles Baxter)
The Feast of Love (Charles Baxter)
29
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
30
Spartina (John Casey)
Spartina (John Casey)
31
Clear Light of Day (Anita Desai)
Clear Light of Day (Anita Desai)
32
The Game of Kings (Dorothy Dunnett)
The Game of Kings (Dorothy Dunnett)
33
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
34
An Infamous Army (Georgette Heyer)
An Infamous Army (Georgette Heyer)
35
Epitaph of a Small Winner (Machado De Assis)
Epitaph of a Small Winner (Machado De Assis)
36
The Wicked Pavilion (Dawn Powell)
The Wicked Pavilion (Dawn Powell)
37
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
38
Journal of a Disappointed Man (W.N.P. Barbellion)
Journal of a Disappointed Man (W.N.P. Barbellion)
39
Diary of a Country Priest (Georges Bernanos)
Diary of a Country Priest (Georges Bernanos)
40
Dorothy Day the Long Loneliness
Dorothy Day the Long Loneliness
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