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A Literary Critic Doubts You've Read Half of These, but Thinks You Should - Page 4

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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Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
121
Marguerite Yourcenar
Morvern Callar
Morvern Callar
122
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
123
Torrey Peters
The End of Eddy (Edouard Louis)
The End of Eddy
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Edouard Louis
The Discomfort of Evening (Marieke Lucas Rijneveld)
The Discomfort of Evening
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Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
126
Flannery O'Connor
Confessions of a Mask (Yukio Mishima)
Confessions of a Mask
127
Yukio Mishima
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
128
J.D. Salinger
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
129
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
130
J.D. Salinger
The White Album (Joan Didion)
The White Album
131
Joan Didion
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
132
Joan Didion
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
133
Joan Didion
A Sport and a Pastime (James Salter)
A Sport and a Pastime
134
James Salter
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
135
Françoise Sagan
Dear Life (Alice Munro)
Dear Life
136
Alice Munro
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
137
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
138
Virginia Woolf
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
139
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
140
Ernest Hemingway
Henry and June (Anaïs Nin)
Henry and June
141
Anaïs Nin
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
142
Marguerite Duras
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
143
Albert Camus
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
144
Albert Camus
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
145
Pat Barker
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
146
Ford Madox Ford
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
147
D. H. Lawrence
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
148
James Joyce
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
149
Cormac McCarthy
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
150
William Faulkner
The Dud Avocado (Elaine Dundy)
The Dud Avocado
151
Elaine Dundy
The Pursuit of Love (Nancy Mitford)
The Pursuit of Love
152
Nancy Mitford
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
153
Nathanael West
Memories of the Future (Siri Hustvedt)
Memories of the Future
154
Siri Hustvedt
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
155
J.D. Salinger
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
156
Kate Chopin
The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Age of Reason
157
Jean-Paul Sartre
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
158
Jean-Paul Sartre
Did You Ever Have a Family (Bill Clegg)
Did You Ever Have a Family
159
Bill Clegg
The Mandarins (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Mandarins
160
Simone De Beauvoir
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