500 Must Read Books

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About this list

The Daily Telegraph, 497 Books

500 'must-read' books of all time as selected by The Telegraph's team of literary experts.

This list was originally published in 2013 and was added to this site about 1 year ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17010 Complete Cookery Course Delia Smith 1978 British English
17010 Judgement Of Paris George Taber 2005 American English
17010 Addicted Tony Adams 1998 British English
17010 It's Not About The Bike Lance Armstrong 1999 American English
17010 All Played Out Pete Davies 1995 British English
3198 Fever Pitch Nick Hornby 1992 British English
14901 My Father and other Working-Class Football Heroes Gary Imlac 2005 British English
8358 Beyond A Boundary C. L. R. James 1963 British English
17010 On Bullfighting AL Kennedy 1999 British English
17010 The Rider Tim Krabbé 1978 Dutch Dutch
2401 The Fight Norman Mailer 1975 American English
14165 The Damned Utd David Peace 2006 British English
17010 How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won The Fa Cup JL Carr 1975 British English
17010 The Austerity Olympics Janie Hamilton 2009 Unknown English
4070 Seabiscuit Laura Hillenbrand 2001 American English
17010 King Of The World David Remnick 1998 American English
1604 The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner Alan Sillitoe 1959 British English