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A Literary Critic Doubts You've Read Half of These, but Thinks You Should

I asked a family friend (prominent literary critic) to list out some books he thinks are worth reading. He thinks you probably haven't read half of them.
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All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
1
Cormac McCarthy
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
2
Wallace Stegner
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret (Craig Brown)
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret
3
Craig Brown
No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)
No Longer Human
4
Osamu Dazai
Dark Matter (Michelle Paver)
Dark Matter
5
Michelle Paver
Oligarchy (Scarlett Thomas)
Oligarchy
6
Scarlett Thomas
Happiness, as Such (Natalia Ginzburg)
Happiness, as Such
7
Natalia Ginzburg
The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante)
The Days of Abandonment
8
Elena Ferrante
Entangled Life (Merlin Sheldrake)
Entangled Life
9
Merlin Sheldrake
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
10
Joan Didion
Eileen (Ottessa Moshfegh)
Eileen
11
Ottessa Moshfegh
Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)
Brokeback Mountain
12
Annie Proulx
Loitering With Intent (Muriel Spark)
Loitering With Intent
13
Muriel Spark
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
14
Nella Larsen
Romance in Marseille (Claude McKay)
Romance in Marseille
15
Claude McKay
Real Life (Brandon Taylor)
Real Life
16
Brandon Taylor
If I Had Your Face (Frances Cha)
If I Had Your Face
17
Frances Cha
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
18
Sayaka Murata
Summer (Edith Wharton)
Summer
19
Edith Wharton
The Price of Salt (Claire Morgan)
The Price of Salt
20
Claire Morgan
In a Lonely Place (Dorothy B. Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
21
Dorothy B. Hughes
Lemon (Kwon Yeo-Sun)
Lemon
22
Kwon Yeo-Sun
The Mermaid of Black Conch (Monique Roffey)
The Mermaid of Black Conch
23
Monique Roffey
Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)
Story of the Eye
24
Georges Bataille
The Beauty of the Husband (Anne Carson)
The Beauty of the Husband
25
Anne Carson
Friend of My Youth (Amit Chaudhuri)
Friend of My Youth
26
Amit Chaudhuri
Laughter in the Dark (Vladimir Nabokov)
Laughter in the Dark
27
Vladimir Nabokov
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
28
Doris Lessing
The Light Years (Elizabeth Jane Howard)
The Light Years
29
Elizabeth Jane Howard
What Belongs to You (Garth Greenwell)
What Belongs to You
30
Garth Greenwell
Two Serious Ladies
Two Serious Ladies
31
The Bay of Noon (Shirley Hazzard)
The Bay of Noon
32
Shirley Hazzard
The Boat (L. P. Hartley)
The Boat
33
L. P. Hartley
The Transit of Venus (Shirley Hazzard)
The Transit of Venus
34
Shirley Hazzard
A Children's Bible (Lydia Millet)
A Children's Bible
35
Lydia Millet
The Driver's Seat (Muriel Spark)
The Driver's Seat
36
Muriel Spark
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
37
Truman Capote
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
38
Joseph Conrad
The Last Lover (Can Xue)
The Last Lover
39
Can Xue
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
40
Thomas Mann
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