{"product_id":"1-000-books-to-read-before-you-die","title":"1,000 Books to Read Before You Die","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e“The ultimate literary bucket list.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “If there’s a heaven just for readers, this is it.” —\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Celebrate the pleasure of reading and the thrill of discovering new titles in an extraordinary book that’s as compulsively readable, entertaining, surprising, and enlightening as the 1,000-plus titles it recommends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Covering fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children’s books, history, and more, \u003ci\u003e1,000 Books to Read Before You Die \u003c\/i\u003eranges across cultures and through time to offer an eclectic collection of works that each deserve to come with the recommendation, You have to read this. But it’s not a proscriptive list of the “great works”—rather, it’s a celebration of the glorious mosaic that is our literary heritage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Flip it open to any page and be transfixed by a fresh take on a very favorite book. Or come across a title you always meant to read and never got around to. Or, like browsing in the best kind of bookshop, stumble on a completely unknown author and work, and feel that tingle of discovery. There are classics, of course, and unexpected treasures, too. Lists to help pick and choose, like Offbeat Escapes, or A Long Climb, but What a View. And its alphabetical arrangement by author assures that surprises await on almost every turn of the page, with Cormac McCarthy and \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e next to Robert McCloskey and \u003ci\u003eMake Way for Ducklings,\u003c\/i\u003e Alice Walker next to Izaac Walton. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are nuts and bolts, too—best editions to read, other books by the author, “if you like this, you’ll like that” recommendations , and an interesting endnote of adaptations where appropriate. Add it all up, and in fact there are more than six thousand titles by nearly four thousand authors mentioned—a life-changing list for a lifetime of reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“948 pages later, you still want more!” —THE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Workman Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42081506427058,"sku":"9781523504459","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/O_00982287-2b3d-4cc5-adfe-70683d65a705.jpg?v=1769177979","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/1-000-books-to-read-before-you-die","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}