Essentially I'm asking for the books you believe everyone should read before they die, but with a shorter timespan. I want to know the books you would put above all others, the books that you consider life changing, the books that you could reread a million times over. They can be any length but they shouldn't be slogs (no War and Peace unless you truly believe you'd want to spend your last year of life reading that).
by Panicpersonified
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Trainspotting
lord of the rings
When Breath Becomes Air – Kalanithi
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying – Rinpoche
Tuesdays with Morrie – Albom
The Last Unicorn. The theme of ageing might not apply anymore, but the themes of unfulfilled dreams and death would still be relevant. And the book discusses them beautifully.
To the Lighthouse – V Woolf
Swann’s Way – Proust
Pale Fire – Nabokov (or his Speak Memory).
Moby Dick – Melville
Dubliners – Joyce
Martyr!