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300 Literary Works, 300 Authors - Page 2

Here are 300 "literary" works of fiction, poetry, and theater that I recommend by 300 different authors. I don't really like the word "literary," because it doesn't mean much, but I use it here just to make a distinction between these works and the genre fiction I put in an earlier list.
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The Flick (Annie Baker)
The Flick
41
Annie Baker
London Fields (Martin Amis)
London Fields
42
Martin Amis
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
43
Leo Tolstoy
Dot (Colman Domingo)
Dot
44
Colman Domingo
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
45
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Clybourne Park (Bruce Norris)
Clybourne Park
46
Bruce Norris
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
47
Yann Martel
The Natural (Bernard Malamud)
The Natural
48
Bernard Malamud
Nobody's Fool (Richard Russo)
Nobody's Fool
49
Richard Russo
Lamb (Christopher Moore)
Lamb
50
Christopher Moore
12 Angry Men (Reginald Rose)
12 Angry Men
51
Reginald Rose
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
52
Lorraine Hansberry
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Dickinson, Emily)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
53
Dickinson, Emily
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever
54
Ella Minnow Pea (Mark Dunn)
Ella Minnow Pea
55
Mark Dunn
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
56
Mark Helprin
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Dai Sijie)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
57
Dai Sijie
The Man Who Came to Dinner (George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
58
George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
59
Lorrie Moore
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
60
Milan Kundera
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
61
Jesmyn Ward
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
62
Vladimir Nabokov
Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
Rabbit Redux
63
John Updike
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
64
Jane Smiley
Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems of William Stafford (Stafford, William)
Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems of William Stafford
65
Stafford, William
The Best Man (Gore Vidal)
The Best Man
66
Gore Vidal
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
67
Jane Austen
Such a Fun Age (Kiley Reid)
Such a Fun Age
68
Kiley Reid
Collected Poems of Robert Lowell (Robert Lowell)
Collected Poems of Robert Lowell
69
Robert Lowell
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
70
Thornton Wilder
Jayber Crow (Wendell Berry)
Jayber Crow
71
Wendell Berry
The Collected Poems of Mark Strand ((Mark Strand))
The Collected Poems of Mark Strand
72
(Mark Strand)
August: Osage County (Tracy Letts)
August: Osage County
73
Tracy Letts
Plainsong (Kent Haruf)
Plainsong
74
Kent Haruf
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There
75
Tommy Orange
Chilly Scenes of Winter (Ann Beattie)
Chilly Scenes of Winter
76
Ann Beattie
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
77
Colson Whitehead
Kindest Regards (Ted Kooser)
Kindest Regards
78
Ted Kooser
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekov)
The Cherry Orchard
79
Anton Chekov
Uncommon Type (Tom Hanks)
Uncommon Type
80
Tom Hanks
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