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1001 Books You Must Re Before you Die brought to you by Arukiyomi This list, in reverse chronological order comes from the book of the same name by Peter Bo be exhaustive. Rather, Boxall was trying to trace the development of the novel. It's a startin Answer! Instructions: simply enter a letter r into the red column next to the books you've read. The fo telling you how many you've read and what percentage of the total this is. You can then put y see how much you have to read to finish! 00 books read = 0.00% EEnntteer yyoouur ccuurrrreennt aagge iin tthhiis bbooxx:: 00 To complete this list, you need to read an average of 13 books/year if you're a western male 12 books/year if you're a western female TTiittllee FFiirrsstNNaamm ee 2000s 11 Never Let Me Go Kazuo 22 Saturday Ian 33 On Beauty Zadie 44 Slow Man J.M. 55 Adjunct: An Undigest Peter 66 The Sea John 77 The Red Queen Margaretet 88 The Plot Against America Philip 99 The Master Colm 1010 Vanishing Point David 1111 The Lambs of London Peter 1212 Dining on Stones Iain 1313 Cloud Atlas David 1414 Drop City T. Coraghessann 1515 The Colour Rose 1616 Thursbitch Alan 1717 The Light of Day Grahamm 1818 What I Loved Siri 1919 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark 2020 Islands Dan 2121 Elizabeth Costello J.M. 2222 London Orbital Iain 2323 Family Matters Rohinton 2424 Fingersmith Sarah 2525 The Double José 2626 Everything is Illuminated Jonathan Safran 2727 Unless Carol 2828 Kafka on the Shore Haruki 2929 The Story of Lucy Gault William 3300 That They May Face the Rising Sun John 3311 In the Forest Edna 3322 Shroud John 3333 Middlesex Jeffrey 34 Youth J.M.. 3355 Dead Air Iain 3366 Nowhere Man Aleksandar 3377 The Book of Illusions Paul 3388 Gabriel’s Gift Hanif 3399 Austerlitz W.G. 4400 Platform Michael 4411 Schooling Heather 4422 Atonement Ian 4433 The Corrections Jonathan 4444 Don’t Move Margaretet 4455 The Body Artist Don 4466 Fury Salmann 4477 At Swim, Two Boys Jamie 4488 Choke Chuck 4499 Life of PPii Yann 5500 The Feast of the Goat Mario 5511 An Obedient Father Akhil 5522 The Devil and Miss Prym Paulo 5533 Spring Flowers, Spring Frost Ismail 5544 White Teeth Zadie 5555 The Heart of Redness Zakes 5566 Under the Skin Michell 5577 Ignorance Milan 5588 Nineteen Seventy Seven David 5599 Celestial Harmonies Péter 6600 City of God E.L. 6611 How the Dead Live Will 6622 The Human Stain Philipp 6633 The Blind Assassin Margaret 6644 After the Quake Haruki 6655 Small Remedies Shashii 6666 Super-Cannes J.G. 6677 House of Leaves Mark Z.Z. 6688 Blonde Joyce 6699 Pastoralia George 1900s 7700 Timbuktu Paulul 7711 The Romantics Pankajj 7722 Cryptonomicon Neal 7733 As If I Am Not There Slavenka 7744 Everything You Need A.L. 7755 Fear and Trembling Améliee 7766 The Ground Beneath Her Feet Salman 7777 Disgrace J.M. 7788 Sputnik Sweetheart Haruki 7799 Elementary Particles Michell 8800 Intimacy Hanif 8811 Amsterdam Ian 8822 Cloudsplitter Russell 8833 All Souls Day Cees 8844 The Talk of the Town Ardal 8585 Tipping the Velvet Sarah 8686 The Poisonwood Bible Barbaraa 8787 Glamorama Bret Eastonn 8888 Another World Pat 8989 The Hours Michaelel 9090 Veronika Decides to Die Paulo 9191 Mason & Dixon Thomass 9292 The God of Small Things Arundhati 9393 Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur 9494 Great Apes Will 9595 Enduring Love Ian 9696 Underworld Don 9797 Jack Maggs Peter 9898 The Life of Insects Victorr 9999 American Pastoral Philipp 100 The Untouchable John 101 Silk Alessandro 102 Cocaine Nights J.G. 103 Hallucinating Foucault Patricia 104 Fugitive Pieces Anne 105 The Ghost Road Pat 106 Forever a Stranger Hella 107 Infinite Jest David Foster 108 The Clay Machine-Gun Victor 109 Alias Grace Margaretet 110 The Unconsoled Kazuo 111 Morvern Callar Alan 112 The Information Martinn 113 The Moor’s Last Sigh Salman 114 Sabbath’s Theater Philipp 115 The Rings of Saturn W.G. 116 The Reader Bernhardrd 117 A Fine Balance Rohinton 118 Love’s Work Gillianan 119 The End of the Story Lydia 120 Mr. Vertigo Paul 121 The Folding Star Alan 122 Whatever Michelel 123 Land Park 124 The Master of Petersburg J.M. 125 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Haruki 126 Pereira Declares: A Testimony Antonio 127 City Sister Silver Jàchym 128 How Late It Was, How Late James 129 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Louis 130 Felicia’s Journey William 131 Disappearance David 132 The Invention of Curried Sausage Uwe 133 The Shipping News E. Annie 134 Trainspotting Irvine 135 Birdsong Sebastiann 136 Looking for the Possible Dance A.L. 137 Operation Shylock Philipp 138 Complicity Iainn 139 On Love Alain 140 What a Carve Up! Jonathan 141 A Suitable Boy Vikramm 142 The Stone Diaries Carol 143 The Virgin Suicides Jeffrey 144 The House of Doctor Dee Peter 145 The Robber Bride Margaretet 146 The Emigrants W.G. 147 The Secret History Donna 148 Life is a Caravanserai Emine 149 The Discovery of Heaven Harry 150 A Heart So White Javierr 151 Possessing the Secret of Joy Alice 152 Indigo Marina 153 The Crow Road Iain 154 Written on the Body Jeanette 155 Jazz Toni 156 The English Patient Michael 157 Smilla’s Sense of Snow Peter 158 The Butcher Boy Patrickck 159 Black Water Joyce 160 The Heather Blazing Colm 161 Asphodel Hildada 162 Black Dogs Ian 163 Hideous Kinky Estherr 164 Arcadia Jimm 165 Wild Swans Jung 166 American Psycho Bret Easton 167 Time’s Arrow Martinn 168 Mao II Don 169 Typical Padgetttt 170 Regeneration Patt 171 Downriver Iainn 172 Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord Louis 173 Wise Children Angela 174 Get Shorty Elmore 175 Amongst Women John 176 Vineland Thomass 177 Vertigo W.G.. 178 Stone Junction Jim 179 The Music of Chance Paul 180 The Things They Carried Tim 181 A Home at the End of the World Michael 182 Like Life Lorrie 183 Possession A.S. 184 The Buddha of Suburbia Hanif 185 The Midnight Examiner William 186 A Disaffection James 187 Sexing the Cherry Jeanette 188 Moon Palace Paul 189 Billy Bathgate E.L. 190 Remains of the Day Kazuo 191 The Melancholy of Resistance László 192 The Temple of My Familiar Alice 193 The Trick is to Keep Breathing Janice 194 The History of the Siege of Lisbon José 195 Like Water for Chocolate Laura 196 A Prayer for Owen Meany John 197 London Fields Martinn 198 The Book of Evidence John 199 Cat’s Eye Margaretet 200 Foucault’s Pendulum Umbertoo 201 The Beautiful Room is Empty Edmund 202 Wittgenstein’s Mistress David 203 The Satanic Verses Salman 204 The Swimming-Pool Library Alan 205 Oscar and Lucinda Peter 206 Libra Don 207 The Player of Games Iain M.M. 208 Nervous Conditions Tsitsi 209 The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul Douglas 210 Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Douglas 211 The Radiant Way Margaretet 212 The Afternoon of a Writer Peter 213 The Black Dahlia James 214 The Passion Jeanette 215 The Pigeon Patrickck 216 The Child in Time Ian 217 Cigarettes Harryry 218 The Bonfire of the Vanities Tom 219 The New York Trilogy Paul 220 World’s End T. Coraghessann 221 Enigma of Arrival V.S. 222 The Taebek Mountains JoJo 223 Beloved Tonini 224 Anagrams Lorriee 225 Matigari Ngugi wa 226 Marya Joyce 227 Watchmen Alan/Davidid 228 The Old Devils Kingsley 229 Lost Language of Cranes David 230 An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo 231 Extinction Thomasas 232 Foe J.M.M. 233 The Drowned and the Saved Primo 234 Reasons to Live Amy 235 The Parable of the Blind Gert 236 Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel 237 Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette 238 The Cider House Rules John 239 A Maggot John 240 Less Than Zero Bret Eastonn 241 Contact Carlrl 242 The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret 243 Perfume Patrickck 244 Old Masters Thomass 245 White Noise Don 246 Queer William 247 Hawksmoor Peterer 248 Legend David 249 Dictionary of the Khazars Milorad 250 The Bus Conductor Hines James 251 The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis José 252 The Lover Marguerite 253 Empire of the Sun J.G. 254 The Wasp Factory Iain 255 Nights at the Circus Angela 256 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan 257 Blood and Guts in High School Kathy 258 Neuromancer William 259 Flaubert’s Parrot Juliann 260 Money: A Suicide Note Martin 261 Shame Salmann 262 Worstward Ho Samuell 263 Fools of Fortune William 264 La Brava Elmore 265 Waterland Grahamm 266 The Life and Times of Michael K J.M. 267 The Diary of Jane Somers Doris 268 The Piano Teacher Elfriedede 269 The Sorrow of Belgium Hugo 270 If Not Now, When? 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