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The Torchlight List: Around the World in 200+ Books

From the book of the same name: "A brilliant road map for discovering history, science, civilization, and the human condition, this engaging record recommends must-read books: those so revealing about times and places that they take the reader beyond day-to-day concerns into a magic realm of knowledge and imagination. From Arthur Koestler's take on the universe and Barbara Tuchman's view on 14th-century life to F. Scott Fitzgerald's impressions of American morality and Robert Fisk's analysis of the West's history of intervention in the Middle East, this engaging account is an idiosyncratic and endlessly interesting tour of the world through literature"
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The 42nd Parallel (John Dos Passos)
The 42nd Parallel
John Dos Passos
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1919 (John Dos Passos)
1919
John Dos Passos
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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The Acquisitive Society (R. H. Tawney)
The Acquisitive Society
R. H. Tawney
5
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
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After Many a Summer Dies the Swan (Aldous Huxley)
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan
Aldous Huxley
7
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren
8
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
Philip Roth
9
Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey (V.S. Naipaul)
Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey
V.S. Naipaul
10
An Autobiography (Gandhi)
An Autobiography
Gandhi
11
The Anatomy Lesson (Philip Roth)
The Anatomy Lesson
Philip Roth
12
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
13
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
14
Antic Hay (Aldous Huxley)
Antic Hay
Aldous Huxley
15
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Mario Vargas Llosa
16
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto
Ann Pratchett
17
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
V.S. Naipaul
18
The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene V. Debs (Ray Ginger)
The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene V. Debs
Ray Ginger
19
Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness (Ray Monk)
Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness
Ray Monk
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Bertrand Russell: The Spirit of Solitude (Ray Monk)
Bertrand Russell: The Spirit of Solitude
Ray Monk
21
The Best Short Stories of Jack London (Jack London)
The Best Short Stories of Jack London
Jack London
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The Big Money (John Dos Passos)
The Big Money
John Dos Passos
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Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate
E.L. Doctorow
24
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks
25
Black Education: Myths and Tragedies (Thomas Sowell)
Black Education: Myths and Tragedies
Thomas Sowell
26
The Black Obelisk (Erich Maria Remarque)
The Black Obelisk
Erich Maria Remarque
27
The Blind Watchmaker (Richard Dawkins)
The Blind Watchmaker
Richard Dawkins
28
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
29
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
30
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
31
The Captive Mind (Czesław Miłosz)
The Captive Mind
Czesław Miłosz
32
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
33
Changing Places (David Lodge)
Changing Places
David Lodge
34
Charles Darwin (Adrian Desmond)
Charles Darwin
Adrian Desmond
35
The Children of Sanchez (Oscar Lewis)
The Children of Sanchez
Oscar Lewis
36
China: Tradition and Transformation (John King Fairbank)
China: Tradition and Transformation
John King Fairbank
37
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
Chaim Potok
38
Christ Stopped at Eboli (Carlo Levi)
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Carlo Levi
39
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Jared Diamond)
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Jared Diamond
40
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
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