22 Books To Read Before You Die
Discover a curated list of 22 must-read books that span genres and eras, each offering profound insights and unforgettable narratives. This collection includes classics, contemporary works, and powerful memoirs that are essential for any avid reader.
Pride and Prejudice
Discover Jane Austen’s most beloved classic. When Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr Darcy, she is repelled by his overbearing pride and prejudice towards her family. But the Bennet girls are in need of finan… more ...
The Midnight Library
The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year "A fe… more ...
The Brothers Karamazov
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The Year of Magical Thinking
From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life – in good times and bad – that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. A stunning book of electri… more ...
Between the World and Me
Winner, Kirkus Prize for Non-Fiction, 2015 In the 150 years since the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, the story of race and America has remained a brutally simp… more ...
The Secret History
A 'haunting, compelling, and brilliant'(The Times) novel about a group of students who, under the influence of their professor find their lives changed forever, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author o… more ...
Love in the Time of Cholera
Set on the Caribbean coast of South America, this love story brings together Fermina Daza, her distinguished husband, and a man who has secretly loved her for more than fifty years. more ...
The Bluest Eye
Read the searing first novel from the celebrated author of Beloved, which immerses us in the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family in post-Depression 1940s Ohio. Unloved, unseen, Pecola prays eac… more ...
There There
Discover Tommy Orange’s searing debut novel, following a multi-generational cast of characters as they gather for the Big Oakland Powwow. 'A thunderclap' Marlon James 'Astonishing' Margaret Atwood, v… more ...
The Fellowship of the Ring
The opening novel of The Lord of the Rings—the greatest fantasy epic of all time—which continues in The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s… more ...
Tenth of December
The prize-winning, New York Times bestselling short story collection from the internationally bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo 'I think he's the greatest writer since Salinger' Richard Ayoa… more ...
The Remains of the Day
*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available* WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life … more ...
Meditations
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Timeless insights into what it takes to lead a meaningful life—still profoundly relevant nearly two thousand years later. Now featuring a brand-new foreword from Ryan Holiday, #… more ...
A Tale for the Time Being
In the wake of the 2011 tsunami, Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home in British Columbia. Within it lies a diary that expresses the hopes, heartbreak and dr… more ...
The Secret Life of Bees
Now in paperback comes the intoxicating debut novel of "one motherless daughter's discovery of ... the strange and wondrous places we find love" ("The Washington Post"). Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing wor… more ...
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
In a snow-covered village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa watches from the woods as her father is abducted in the middle of the night by Russian soldiers. Their life-long friend and neighbour, Akhm… more ...
Unaccustomed Earth
The stories of Unaccustomed Earth focus on second-generation immigrants making and remaking lives, loves and identities in England and America. We follow brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, fr… more ...
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his… more ...
The Kite Runner
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Devastating' Daily Telegraph 'Heartbreaking' The Times 'Unforgettable' Isabel Allende 'Haunting' Independent Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the… more ...
In the Time of the Butterflies
Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies is "beautiful, heartbreaking and alive ... a lyrical work… more ...
The Kitchen God’s Wife
The international bestseller from the much-loved author of ‘The Joy Luck Club’ and ‘The Bonesetter’s Daughter’. more ...
The God of Small Things
Still, to say that it all began when Sophie Mol came to Ayemenem is only one way of looking at it . . . It could be argued that it actually began thousands of years ago. Long before the Marxists came… more ...
The '22 Books To Read Before You Die' list is a carefully curated selection of literary masterpieces that every book lover should experience at least once in their lifetime. This diverse collection features a mix of timeless classics, contemporary novels, and impactful memoirs, each chosen for its ability to resonate deeply with readers and provoke thought. From Jane Austen's witty exploration of love and society in 'Pride and Prejudice' to the haunting and poignant narratives found in Toni Morrison's 'The Bluest Eye', these books offer a rich tapestry of human experience. Readers will also find modern gems like Matt Haig's 'The Midnight Library', which delves into the choices that shape our lives, and Khaled Hosseini's 'The Kite Runner', a powerful tale of friendship and redemption set against the backdrop of Afghanistan's tumultuous history. This list not only serves as a guide for your reading journey but also as an invitation to explore the profound themes of love, loss, identity, and resilience that these works encapsulate.