Books to read (before death)

Discover the ultimate reading list with these must-read books before you die. Explore timeless classics, life-changing novels, and profound literature that everyone should experience in their lifetime.

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Moby-Dick, Or, The Whale

by Herman Melville

A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale who defied capture.
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The Silmarillion

by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Tolkien considered "The Silmarillion" his most important work, as it told the story of the creation and of the First Age of Middle-earth--the ancient drama …
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

by Gabriel García Márquez

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • From the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes the gripping story of the murder of a young aristocrat that …
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Libro de Las Preguntas

by Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda is one of the world's most popular poets, and The Book of Questions is Copper Canyon's all-time best-seller. This updated bilingual edition is …
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Mrs. Dalloway

by Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Dalloway is the portrait of a single day in a woman's life.
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Mansfield Park

by Jane Austen

'"Me!" cried Fanny..."Indeed you must excuse me. I could not act any thing if you were to give me the world. No, indeed, I cannot …
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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray's classic tale of class, society, and corruption, soon to be an Amazon mini-series starring Olivia Cooke No one is better equipped in …
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid

by Ovid

Through Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature-classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid-is …
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Beowulf

by Seamus Heaney

Presents a new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of …
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The Poetry of Robert Frost

by Robert Frost

A complete collection of Robert Frost's poetry.
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The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics

by C. S. Lewis

For the first time ever, these seven essential volumes by C. S. Lewis are available in a single edition. This remarkable book presents the classic …
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Paradise Lost

by John Milton

John Milton's celebrated epic poem exploring the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man's existence A Penguin Classic In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of …