1001 Books to Read Before You Die
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That said, one might make the case that the list of Prof Boxall is rather severely skewed. (Not that there was any objective claim made as to why one must read the listed books before any others.) E.g., at a glance, there are quite a few utter masterpieces missing.
Hence, why not make your own 'top' list?
(And if anyone has a better tool than: https://johnbintz.com/prioritize/
please do share!)