20 (of 1,000) Books to Read Before You Die
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Encompassing fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children’s books, history, and more, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die moves across cultures and through time to present an eclectic collection of titles, each described with the special enthusiasm readers summon when recommending a book to a friend.
We’ve highlighted a few of the titles to give you a taste. Join us as list compiler and author James Mustich sits down with Strand owner Nancy Bass Wyden Monday, November 5 to get the full experience. Explore Mustich’s book while surrounded by the historic and iconic texts of the Rare Book Room, then the test your knowledge with a book-centric quiz. Follow us on social media and you’ll get a head start as we share quiz questions and answers. Winners will receive special gifts from Strand, including the top prize, a $100 gift card. This lit evening will be filmed by CSPAN’s Book TV.
The Roots of Civilization by Alexander Marshack
Products of the Perfected Civilization by Chamfort
The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day
The Art of Eating by M. F. K. Fisher
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H. W. Fowler (1926 edition)
The Moving Toyshop, Edmund Crispin
The Journal of a Disappointed Man by W. N. P. Barbellion
The Coming of Age by Simone de Beauvoir
The Wilder Shores of Love by Lesley Blanch
The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzatti
Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson
The Dead of the House by Hannah Green
The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Japanese Inn by Oliver Statler
The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
A Johnson Sampler edited by Henry Darcy Curwen
The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
Instead of a Letter by Diana Athill
