Boxall, Peter. 1001 Books You Must Read before You Die. New York?: Universe, 2006.

I haven't finished! this book, but I finished! reading the list of the 1001 books which I found here. I've read 98 of the 1001, and some of those are short stories that Boxall (who's nothing more than a senior lecturer, turns out) decided to call "books." If I get to live to be 200, perhaps I'll squeeze them all in.

I imagine most people don't read 1001 books in their lives, much less the "right" books.