What to read next? What to read at all? This is the dilemma of all readers, whether they are reading one or 200 books a year. James Mutich’s 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List includes many of the classics you might expect like Plato and Proust and covers fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel, biography, children’s books, history, and more.

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