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 over 1 year ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17158 Complete Cookery Course Delia Smith 1978 British English
17158 Judgement Of Paris George Taber 2005 American English
17158 Addicted Tony Adams 1998 British English
17158 It's Not About The Bike Lance Armstrong 1999 American English
17158 All Played Out Pete Davies 1995 British English
3205 Fever Pitch Nick Hornby 1992 British English
14985 My Father and other Working-Class Football Heroes Gary Imlac 2005 British English
8374 Beyond A Boundary C. L. R. James 1963 British English
17158 On Bullfighting AL Kennedy 1999 British English
17158 The Rider Tim Krabbé 1978 Dutch Dutch
2409 The Fight Norman Mailer 1975 American English
14232 The Damned Utd David Peace 2006 British English
17158 How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won The Fa Cup JL Carr 1975 British English
17158 The Austerity Olympics Janie Hamilton 2009 Unknown English
4076 Seabiscuit Laura Hillenbrand 2001 American English
17158 King Of The World David Remnick 1998 American English
1608 The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner Alan Sillitoe 1959 British English