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A Literary Critic Doubts You've Read Half of These, but Thinks You Should - Page 3

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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The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
81
Henry James
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
82
E.M. Forster
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
83
Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
84
Edith Wharton
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
85
Virginia Woolf
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih)
Season of Migration to the North
86
Tayeb Salih
The Faces (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Faces
87
Tove Ditlevsen
Orlando King (Isabel Colegate)
Orlando King
88
Isabel Colegate
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
Beautiful World, Where Are You
89
Sally Rooney
Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
90
Sally Rooney
The Evening of the Holiday (Shirley Hazzard)
The Evening of the Holiday
91
Shirley Hazzard
The Great Fire
The Great Fire
92
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
93
Sally Rooney
Less (Andrew Sean Greer)
Less
94
Andrew Sean Greer
The Dream Songs (John Berryman)
The Dream Songs
95
John Berryman
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
96
Sylvia Plath
Wake in Fright
Wake in Fright
97
Passing Ceremony (Helen Weinzweig)
Passing Ceremony
98
Helen Weinzweig
The Peregrine (J.A. Baker)
The Peregrine
99
J.A. Baker
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
100
J. M. Coetzee
Lord Dismiss Us (Michael Campbell)
Lord Dismiss Us
101
Michael Campbell
Alec (William Di Canzio)
Alec
102
William Di Canzio
Apartment (Teddy Wayne)
Apartment
103
Teddy Wayne
Sweet Days of Discipline (Fleur Jaeggy)
Sweet Days of Discipline
104
Fleur Jaeggy
The Lost Estate (Henri Alain-Fournier)
The Lost Estate
105
Henri Alain-Fournier
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
106
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
107
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
108
Ernest Hemingway
Cleanness (Garth Greenwell)
Cleanness
109
Garth Greenwell
Luster (Raven Leilani)
Luster
110
Raven Leilani
Leave Society (Tao Lin)
Leave Society
111
Tao Lin
Slow Days, Fast Company (Eve Babitz)
Slow Days, Fast Company
112
Eve Babitz
Eve's Hollywood (Eve Babitz)
Eve's Hollywood
113
Eve Babitz
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
114
Virginia Woolf
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
115
Virginia Woolf
Steppenwolf (Herman Hesse)
Steppenwolf
116
Herman Hesse
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
117
Evelyn Waugh
Lucky Jim (Jim Dixon)
Lucky Jim
118
Jim Dixon
The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Painted Veil
119
W. Somerset Maugham
The Groves of Academe (Mary McCarthy)
The Groves of Academe
120
Mary McCarthy
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