1001 books you should read before you die in random order (40-78)

Discover books 40-78 from the ultimate '1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die' list in random order. Explore timeless classics and hidden literary gems to add to your reading bucket list.

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The Iron Heel

by Jack London

Part science fiction, part dystopian fantasy, part radical socialist tract, Jack London's The Iron Heel offers a grim depiction of warfare between the classes in …
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Legend

by David Gemmell

“David Gemmell tells a tale of very real adventure, the stuff of true epic fantasy.”—R. A. Salvatore Druss, Captain of the Ax, is the stuff …
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The enchanted wanderer

 

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Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

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The Plot Against America

by Philip Roth

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The chilling bestselling alternate history novel of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president whose government embraces …
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Naked Lunch

by William S. Burroughs

Since its original publication in Paris in 1959, Naked Lunch has become one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Exerting its influence …
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Sexing the Cherry

by Jeanette Winterson

In the reign of Charles II, Jordon and his mother, the Dog-Woman, live on the banks of the stinking Thames, where they take in sights …
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The Gormenghast novels

 

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The Swimming-Pool Library

by Alan Hollinghurst

The dazzling first novel from the best-selling, Booker Prize-Winning author of The Line of Beauty and The Sparsholt Affair. An enthralling, darkly erotic novel of …
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The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century is the story of a family of Southern aristocrats on the brink …
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The house of Doctor Dee

 

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Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

While going through the possessions of a dead guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map …
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The Floating Opera and The End of the Road

by John Barth

From the author of National Book Award-nominated Lost in the Funhouse • John Barth's first two novels are both existential comedies featuring strange, consuming love …
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The Untouchable

by John Banville

WINNER OF THE LANNAN LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION • From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea comes the fascinating story of a former British …
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The Robber Bride

by Margaret Atwood

From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments—one of Margaret Atwood’s most unforgettable characters lurks at the center of this intricate novel …
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G.

by John Berger

In this luminous novel -- winner of Britain's prestigious Booker Prize -- John Berger relates the story of "G.," a young man forging an energetic …
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Death in Venice

by Thomas Mann

The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann -- here in a new translation by Michael Henry Heim Published on the eve of World War …
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Voss

by Patrick White

Set in nineteeth century Australia, Voss is the story of passion between and explorer and a naive young woman.
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The Razor's Edge

by W. Somerset Maugham

Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant …