If you think assembling the perfect library is a dream project, try working on a book titled “1,000 Books to Read Before You Die” and fielding suggestions on what should make the cut. You'll never run out of recommendations, says author James Mustich, and “you'll never experience a dinner party in the same way again.”
After 14 years, Mustich completed his herculean task, and his book has just been published by Workman, the fifth in a series that includes titles such as “1,000 Places to See Before You Die.” Mustich's recommendations are breathtaking in their range and erudition, ranging from religious texts to memoirs, history to novels, kids books to mysteries, the Epic of Gilgamesh (2100 B.C.) to Colson Whitehead's “The Underground Railroad” (2016).
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