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Powell's 25 Books to Read Before You Die

I'm not a fan of the "before you die" concept, because I think it goes without saying, but that's the name of the list…so there you go. Powell's, the greatest book store, took suggestions from it's costumers and then had a vote to decide which 25 books are must reads.
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2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
1
Roberto Bolaño
All About Love, Bell Hooks
All About Love, Bell Hooks
2
Desert Solitaire
Desert Solitaire
3
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
4
J. M. Coetzee
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
5
Katherine Dunn
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
6
Marilynne Robinson
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
7
James Baldwin
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
8
Flannery O'Connor
The Hand Maidens Tale
The Hand Maidens Tale
9
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
10
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
11
Italo Calvino
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
12
David Foster Wallace
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
13
Ursula K. Le Guin
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
14
Vladimir Nabokov
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
15
Viktor Frankl
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
16
Art Spiegelman
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
17
Kazuo Ishiguro
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
18
Howard Zinn
Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
Phantom Tollbooth
19
Norton Juster
Poems by Elizabeth Bishop
Poems by Elizabeth Bishop
20
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
21
Kurt Vonnegut
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
22
Chinua Achebe
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
23
Harper Lee
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
24
Maurice Sendak
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
25
Haruki Murakami
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