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Powell's 25 Books to Read Before You Die

A few months back, one of our customers sent us a special request for a list of 10 books we felt everyone absolutely must read in his or her lifetime. The question intrigued us and we immediately launched into a heated debate. Should the Bible be on the list? No text has influenced Western culture more, but might it be equally important to read the Koran or the Torah for a more enlightened worldview? Shakespeare seemed like a given, but how to choose between Hamlet and The Sonnets, between A Midsummer Night's Dream and King Lear? And what of lesser-known works — things like The Rings of Saturn or Bluets or No-No Boy or The Book of Disquiet? How could we whittle down our list to just 10 books?
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All About Love
All About Love
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Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
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Disgrace
Disgrace
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Greek Love (By Katherine Dunn)
Greek Love (By Katherine Dunn)
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Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
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Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Flannery O'Connor)
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
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If on a Winters Night a Traveller
If on a Winters Night a Traveller
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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
15
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
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Maus
Maus
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
18
A People's History of the United States
A People's History of the United States
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The Phantom Tollbooth
The Phantom Tollbooth
20
Poems (Elizabeth Bishop)
Poems (Elizabeth Bishop)
21
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
22
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart
23
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
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