1000 Books to Read Before You Die

[Caoimhe]

Hi everyone, since we're all interested in reading why don't we create a list of 1000 books people think everyone should read before they die?

Here are the simple rules:

1) Please include the title and author of the books mentioned.

2) Please do NOT repeat if the book you would like to mention is on the list already.

3) Number the lists in order, so this means that if the previous poster left the list at #19 you continue the list at #20 and so forth.

Example>

Previous poster writes:

17. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
18. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
19. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare


Next poster continues:

20. Twilight by Stephanie Meyers
21. The Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

... and so on... got it?

I'll start off.

1000 Books to Read Before You Die (UPDATED: December 7, 2008)

1. The Bible
2. White Oleander by Janet Fitch
3. WutheringHeights by Emily Brontë
4. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
5. The Giver by Lois Lowry
6. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
7. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
8. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
9. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
10. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

11. The Lord of the Rings I: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
12. The Lord of the Rings II: The TwoTowers by J.R.R. Tolkien
13. The Lord of the Rings III: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
14. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
15. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
16. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
17. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
18. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
19. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
20. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

21. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
22. The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
23.The Silver Chair by CS Lewis
24. The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles by Dr. Bruce H. Lipton
25. Why People Don't Heal And How They Can by Caroline Myss, Ph.D.
26. The Power Of Intention by Dr. Wayne Dyer
27. Ageless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra, M.D.
28. The Silver Lining: The Benefits of Natural Disasters by Seth R. Reice
29. Global Issues: An Introduction by John L. Seitz
30. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

31. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
32. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
33. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
34. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
35. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
36. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
38. Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells
39. Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success by Deepak Chopra
40. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

41. The Power Of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
42. 1984 by George Orwell
43. Mein Kamph by Adolph Hitler
44. The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
45. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
46. The Past Through Tomorrow by Robert Heinlein
47. Animal Farm by George Orwell
48. The Discourses on the First 10 Books of Titus Livi by Niccolo Machiavelli
49. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
50. I will Fear No Evil by Robert Heinlien

51. A Christmas Carol – Dickens
52. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
53. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
54. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
55. Paradise Lost by John Milton
56. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
57. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
58. Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
59. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
60. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles

61. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
62. Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
63. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Stephen K. Dick
64. Possession - A Romance by A.S. Byatt
65. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
66. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
67. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
68. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
69. Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
70. Unintended Consequences by John Ross

71. Our Enemy, The State by Albert Jay Nock
72. The Law by Frederic Bastiat
73. Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
74. The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek
75. American Band by Kristen Laine
76. Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris
77. Firebird: A Trilogy by Kathy Tyers
78. Legends of the Guardian King 1-4 by Karen Hancock
79. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkein
80. Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster

81. The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
82. The Last Sin Eater by Francine Rivers
83. The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers
84. The Mark of the Lion Series:A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
85. The Mark of the Lion Series:An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers
86. The Mark of the Lion Series:As Sure as the Dawn by Francine Rivers
87. The Federalist Papers
88. The Anti-Federalist Papers
89. Tyranny of the Status Quo by Milton and Rose Freeman
90. No More Vietnams by Richard Nixon

91. And You Know You Should Be Glad by Bob Greene
92. Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
93. Five Years to Freedom by James N. Rowe
94. Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
95. Breakout by Martin Russ
96. The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater
97. Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
98. The Winds of War by Hermann Wouk
99. The circle trilogy by Ted Dekker
100. Arena by Karen Hancock

101. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
102. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
103. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
104. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
105. Dragonspell by Donita K. Paul
106. DragonQuest by Donita K. Paul
107. DragonKnight by Donita K. Paul
108. DragonFire by Donita K. Paul
109. DragonLight by Donita K. Paul
110. The Wind's 12 Quarters by Ursula K. LeGuin (For the short story 'The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas', collected many places, actually even can be found online).

111. Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis
112. Utopia by Sir Thomas More
113. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
114. Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
115. The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
116. Inferno by Niven and Pournelle
117. Inferno by Dante
118. Purgatory by Dante
119. Paradise by Dante
120. The Apology by Plato

121. Word Smart by The Princeton Review
122. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
123. The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe by Edgar Allen Poe
124. Discourse on metaphysics by Leibniz
125. Fundamental Principals of the Metaphysic of moral by Immanuel Kant
126. Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes

 

[Pogue]

15. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
16. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
17. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

 

[liesje]

18.) The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
19.) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
20.) The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
21.) The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
22.) The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
23.)The Silver Chair by CS Lewis

 

[sk8Joyful]

24. the BIBLE, especially Jesus' words of instruction, & also Acts, & other such positive encouragements
25. Dr. Bruce H. Lipton: "The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles"
26. "Why People Don't Heal And How They Can", by Caroline Myss, Ph.D.
27. "The Power Of Intention" by Dr. Wayne Dyer
28. "Ageless Body, Timeless Mind" by Deepak Chopra, M.D.

 

[Albert_EEE]

The Silver Lining:
The Benefits of Natural Disasters
Seth R. Reice



very beautiful book..... i love it

 

[Albert_EEE]

Global Issues: An Introduction, by John L. Seitz

it's the best book ever...

 

[PristineSkies]

31) "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen
32) "Harry Potter" series by J. K. Rowling
33) "Ann Veronica" by H.G. Wells
34) "Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success" by Deepak Chopra
35) "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
36) "The Power Of Positive Thinking" by Norman Vincent Peale

 

[keith99]

37) 1984 - George Orwell
38) Mein Kamph - Adolph Hitler
39) The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx
40) Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
41) The Past Through Tomorrow 0Robert Heinlein
42) Animal Farm - George Orwell
43) The Discourses on the First 10 Books of Titus Livi - Niccolo Machiavelli
44) Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott
45) I will Fear No Evil - Robert Heinlien
46) A Christmas Carol - Dickens

 

[Jane_the_Bane]

47) Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
48) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
49) The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
50) Paradise Lost by John Milton
51) The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
52) The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
53) Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
54) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
55) The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
56) Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
57) Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
58) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Stephen K. Dick
59) Possession - A Romance by A.S. Byatt
60) Lord of the Flies by William Golding

 

[Buckeye]

61) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
62) The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
63) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
64) Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
65) Unintended Consequences by John Ross
66) Our Enemy, The State by Albert Jay Nock
67) The Law by Frederic Bastiat
68) Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
69) The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek
70) American Band by Kristen Laine

more to come

 

[Daughter of God]

71) Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris
72) Firebird: A Trilogy by Kathy Tyers
73) Legends of the Guardian King 1-4 by Karen Hancock
74) The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkein
75) Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
76) The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
77) The Last Sin Eater by Francine Rivers
78) The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers
79) The Mark of the Lion Series (1-3) by Francine Rivers

 

[Buckeye]

80) The Federalist Papers
81) The Anti-Federalist Papers
82) Tyranny of the Status Quo, Milton and Rose Freeman
83) No More Vietnams by Richard Nixon
84) And You Know You Should Be Glad by Bob Greene
85) Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
86) Five Years to Freedom by James N. Rowe
87) Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
88) Breakout by Martin Russ
89) The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater
90) Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
91) The Winds of War by Hermann Wouk

 

[Namarie]

80) the circle trilogy by Ted Dekker
81) Arena by Karen Hancock
82) The Twilight Saga
83) Dragonspell by Donita K. Paul
84) DragonQuest by Donita K. Paul
85) DragonKnight by Donita K. Paul
86) DragonFire by Donita K. Paul
87) DragonLight by Donita K. Paul

 

[keith99]

88) The Wind's 12 Quarters - Ursula K. LeGuin (For the short story 'The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas', collected many places, actually even can be found online).
89) Weight of Glory - C.S. Lewis
90) Utopia - Sir Thomas More
91) Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey
92) Dragonquest - Anne McCaffrey
93) The White Dragon - Anne McCaffrey
94) Inferno - Niven and Pournelle
95) Inferno - Dante

Do I win a prize for showing how wise the OP was to ask for title and author by having 2 repeat titles?

 

[aigiqinf]

96)Purgatory -Dante
97)Paradise -Dante
98)The Apology - Plato
99) Word Smart - The Princeton Review
100) War and Peace -Leo Tolstoy
101) The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe-Edgar Allen Poe
102) Discourse on metaphysics-Leibniz
103) Fundamental Principals of the Metaphysic of moral- Immanuel Kant
104)Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy-René Descartes

 

[Caoimhe]

Thanks for all the wonderful contributions, everyone! Now, after copying and pasting everyone's list to a word program I fixed a few minor errors here and there. By "errors" I mean to say that some people repeated the book so it had to be eliminated. Some of you didn't write the number while some people just wrote "series" so I had to enter the titles. There are few other things I did to make revisions to our ist. ANYWAY, I am hoping more people will show up and post here.

C'mon folks, we can reach 1000! >_<

At the moment we are at #126. If you see any mistakes feel free to inform me and I'll correct them as soon as I can. I will post the revised list soon.

Once I finish my final exam I'll try to organize the book titles in alphabetical order.

 

[Caoimhe]

1000 Books to Read Before You Die

1. The Bible
2. White Oleander by Janet Fitch
3. WutheringHeights by Emily Brontë
4. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
5. The Giver by Lois Lowry
6. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
7. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
8. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
9. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
10. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

11. The Lord of the Rings I: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
12. The Lord of the Rings II: The TwoTowers by J.R.R. Tolkien
13. The Lord of the Rings III: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
14. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
15. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
16. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
17. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
18. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
19. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
20. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

21. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
22. The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
23.The Silver Chair by CS Lewis
24. The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles by Dr. Bruce H. Lipton
25. Why People Don't Heal And How They Can by Caroline Myss, Ph.D.
26. The Power Of Intention by Dr. Wayne Dyer
27. Ageless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra, M.D.
28. The Silver Lining: The Benefits of Natural Disasters by Seth R. Reice
29. Global Issues: An Introduction by John L. Seitz
30. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

31. Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone by J. K. Rowling
32. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
33. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
34. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
35. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
36. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
38. Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells
39. Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success by Deepak Chopra
40. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

41. The Power Of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
42. 1984 by George Orwell
43. Mein Kamph by Adolph Hitler
44. The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
45. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
46. The Past Through Tomorrow by Robert Heinlein
47. Animal Farm by George Orwell
48. The Discourses on the First 10 Books of Titus Livi by Niccolo Machiavelli
49. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
50. I will Fear No Evil by Robert Heinlien

51. A Christmas Carol &#8211; Dickens
52. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
53. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
54. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
55. Paradise Lost by John Milton
56. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
57. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
58. Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
59. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
60. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles

61. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
62. Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
63. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Stephen K. Dick
64. Possession - A Romance by A.S. Byatt
65. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
66. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
67. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
68. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
69. Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
70. Unintended Consequences by John Ross

71. Our Enemy, The State by Albert Jay Nock
72. The Law by Frederic Bastiat
73. Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
74. The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek
75. American Band by Kristen Laine
76. Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris
77. Firebird: A Trilogy by Kathy Tyers
78. Legends of the Guardian King 1-4 by Karen Hancock
79. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkein
80. Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster

81. The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
82. The Last Sin Eater by Francine Rivers
83. The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers
84. The Mark of the Lion Series:A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
85. The Mark of the Lion Series:An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers
86. The Mark of the Lion Series:As Sure as the Dawn by Francine Rivers
87. The Federalist Papers
88. The Anti-Federalist Papers
89. Tyranny of the Status Quo by Milton and Rose Freeman
90. No More Vietnams by Richard Nixon

91. And You Know You Should Be Glad by Bob Greene
92. Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
93. Five Years to Freedom by James N. Rowe
94. Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
95. Breakout by Martin Russ
96. The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater
97. Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
98. The Winds of War by Hermann Wouk
99. The circle trilogy by Ted Dekker
100. Arena by Karen Hancock

101. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
102. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
103. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
104. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
105. Dragonspell by Donita K. Paul
106. DragonQuest by Donita K. Paul
107. DragonKnight by Donita K. Paul
108. DragonFire by Donita K. Paul
109. DragonLight by Donita K. Paul
110. The Wind's 12 Quarters by Ursula K. LeGuin (For the short story 'The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas', collected many places, actually even can be found online).

111. Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis
112. Utopia by Sir Thomas More
113. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
114. Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
115. The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
116. Inferno by Niven and Pournelle
117. Inferno by Dante
118. Purgatory by Dante
119. Paradise by Dante
120. The Apology by Plato

121. Word Smart by The Princeton Review
122. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
123. The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe by Edgar Allen Poe
124. Discourse on metaphysics by Leibniz
125. Fundamental Principals of the Metaphysic of moral by Immanuel Kant
126. Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes

 

[keith99]

127) The War Prayer - Mark Twain

This is short, it's copyright is long expired and the entire thing can be found online and read in 10 minutes.

It might still be worth trying to find the book as the copy I got has a cover blurg almost as long as the entire boor and almost as worth reading. The blurb recounts a conversation where some urged Twain to publish hte work Twains reply was something like. "In this I have told the whole truth, that is something no living man can do. It may be published once I am dead."

Twain was no fool, and I am insane.

 

[Buckeye]

128) Sharkey's Machine by William Diehl (one of the best crime novels ever. Movie stinks though)

 

[keith99]

129) Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein (If for no other reason to see how far from a book a film can get).
130) Farnhams Freehold - Robert Heinlein (Cuz this is so unPC it will not be a film in my lifetime).