1001 books you should read before you die in random order (157-195)

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Less Than Zero

by Bret Easton Ellis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The timeless classic from the acclaimed author of American Psycho about the lost generation of 1980s Los Angeles who experienced …
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Ragtime

by E. L. Doctorow

Doctorow's big bestseller, made into a major movie and now repackaged, was first published in mass market paper by Bantam.
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The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton

A portrait of American manners and morals at the turn of the century offers the saga of Lily Bart, a beautiful heroine who lacks one …
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The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

A group of expatriates travel from Paris to the Pamplona bullfights.
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The Thin Man

by Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett's classic The Thin Man introduced the world to Nick and Nora Charles, further made famous by the popular Thin Man films. With a …
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin

by Louis De Bernières

In 1941. Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer is posted to the Greek Island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. Suitable for …
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The Beautiful Room Is Empty

by Edmund White

When the narrator of White's poised yet scalding autobiographical novel first embarks on his sexual odyssey, it is the 1950s, and America is "a big …
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

by Charles Dickens

'The novel has everything: an absorbing melodrama, with a supporting cast of heroes, villains and eccentrics, set in a London where vast wealth and desperate …
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The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War

by Jaroslav Hašek

"Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War …
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Decline and Fall

by Evelyn Waugh

Subtitled "A Novel of Many Manners, " Evelyn Waugh's notorious first novel lays waste the "heathen idol" of British sportsmanship, the cultured perfection of Oxford, …
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The Ground Beneath Her Feet

by Salman Rushdie

Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, disappears in a devastating earthquake, leaving behind her long-time lover Ormus Cama, who finds, loses, seeks, and finds …
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

by Mark Haddon

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic—both poignant and funny—about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and …
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Myra Breckinridge

by Gore Vidal

Myra's personality is altered by her sex change operation and Myron is transported back through time to the year 1948.
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