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21 Books You Don't Have to Read and 21 Book You Should Read Instead

The list of books that, according to GQ, you don't have to read and the books you should read instead. The list is in pairs: 1st book is the one you shouldn't read, the next one is the one you read. Enjoy!
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Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
1
Larry McMurtry
The Mountain Lion (Jean Stafford)
The Mountain Lion
2
Jean Stafford
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
3
J.D. Salinger
Olivia (Dorothy Strachey)
Olivia
4
Dorothy Strachey
Goodbye to All That (Robert Graves)
Goodbye to All That
5
Robert Graves
Dispatches
Dispatches
6
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
7
Ernest Hemingway
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
8
Tove Jansson
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
9
Paulo Coelho
Near to the Wild Heart
Near to the Wild Heart
10
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
11
Ernest Hemingway
The Great Fire
The Great Fire
12
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
13
Cormac McCarthy
The Sisters Brothers (Patrick Dewitt)
The Sisters Brothers
14
Patrick Dewitt
John Adams
John Adams
15
Destiny of the Republic (Candace Millard)
Destiny of the Republic
16
Candace Millard
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
17
Mark Twain
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
18
Frederick Douglass
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
19
Mark Twain
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
20
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
21
Henry James
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
22
William L. Shirer
Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
23
Anonymous
The Notebook (Agota Kristof)
The Notebook
24
Agota Kristof
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
25
J.D. Salinger
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
26
Willa Cather
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
27
J.R.R. Tolkien
Earthsea (Earthsea Series)
Earthsea (Earthsea Series)
28
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
29
Bram Stoker
Angels
Angels
30
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
31
Joseph Heller
The American Granddaughter (Inaam Kachachi)
The American Granddaughter
32
Inaam Kachachi
Life (Keith Richards)
Life
33
Keith Richards
The Worst Journey in the World
The Worst Journey in the World
34
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
35
Jonathan Franzen
Too Loud a Solitude
Too Loud a Solitude
36
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
37
Thomas Pynchon
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice
38
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
39
Kurt Vonnegut
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Veronica
40
Mary Gaitskill
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