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The Ultimate List of Books to Read Before Your Ultimate Death - Page 2

To affirm my hyperbole-free list title, I offer you this list of classics both traditional and modern.
Most are derived from the highest ranking books on the fiction and non-fiction lists at thegreatestbooks.org and I've enjoyed reading many myself. Of the remaining books, most are my personal favourites or perhaps even your personal favourites. Or are books that I wish to read over the longer term.
NOTE:
--- I haven't included any acknowledged classics that I nevertheless disliked.
--- 10 of these books also appear on the adjacent "Classics Yasza Doesn't Want to Read" challenge. Who do you believe?
--- This is a certified J.K.R.-free challenge.
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A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
41
Anthony Powell
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
42
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Five Plays (Anton Chekhov)
Five Plays
43
Anton Chekhov
Selected Stories (Anton Chekhov)
Selected Stories
44
Anton Chekhov
Birds (Aristophanes)
Birds
45
Aristophanes
Clouds (Aristophanes)
Clouds
46
Aristophanes
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
47
Aristophanes
Poetics (Aristotle)
Poetics
48
Aristotle
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale (Art Spiegelman)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
49
Art Spiegelman
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
50
Arthur C. Clarke
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
51
Arthur Conan Doyle
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
52
Arthur Koestler
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
53
Arthur Miller
A View From the Bridge (Arthur Miller)
A View From the Bridge
54
Arthur Miller
A Season in Hell (Arthur Rimbaud)
A Season in Hell
55
Arthur Rimbaud
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
56
Astrid Lindgren
A Dream Play (August Strindberg)
A Dream Play
57
August Strindberg
The Guns of August (Barbara Tuchman)
The Guns of August
58
Barbara Tuchman
Five Plays (Ben Jonson)
Five Plays
59
Ben Jonson
The Autobiography (Benjamin Franklin)
The Autobiography
60
Benjamin Franklin
Autobiography (Benvenuto Cellini)
Autobiography
61
Benvenuto Cellini
The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
The Fixer
62
Bernard Malamud
Mother Courage & Her Children (Bertolt Brech)
Mother Courage & Her Children
63
Bertolt Brech
Galileo (Bertolt Brecht)
Galileo
64
Bertolt Brecht
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
65
Bernhard Schlink
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
66
Betty Smith
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
67
Bill Bryson
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
68
Booker T. Washington
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
69
Bram Stoker
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
70
C.S. Lewis
The Abolition of Man (C.S. Lewis)
The Abolition of Man
71
C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
72
C.S. Lewis
Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Xueqin)
Dream of the Red Chamber
73
Cao Xueqin
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
74
Carson McCullers
The Complete Poems (Catullus)
The Complete Poems
75
Catullus
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil
76
Charles Baudelaire
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
77
Charles Darwin
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
78
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
79
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
80
Charles Dickens
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