{"id":21791,"date":"2023-02-22T20:36:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T01:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=21791"},"modified":"2023-02-23T20:12:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T01:12:09","slug":"what-books-should-i-read-before-i-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2023\/02\/22\/what-books-should-i-read-before-i-die\/","title":{"rendered":"What books should I read before I die?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What books should I read before I die?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Below are some library staff answers to your question today. For more suggestions, read responses to a similar question in December: https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/12\/15\/books-i-need-to-read-before-turning-30\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citizen: An American Lyric, by Claudia Rankine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

G\u00f6del, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, by Sherman Alexie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cavedweller, by Dorothy Allison<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Miracle of Mindfulness, by Thich Nhat Hanh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Holy Bible<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Odyssey, by Homer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, by Max Weber<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swerve: Wow the World Became Modern, by Stephen Greenblatt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Below are some library staff answers to your question today. For more suggestions, read responses to a similar question in December: https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/12\/15\/books-i-need-to-read-before-turning-30\/ Citizen: An American Lyric, by Claudia Rankine Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie G\u00f6del, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in … <\/p>\n

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