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A Literary Critic Doubts You've Read Half of These, but Thinks You Should - Page 5

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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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
161
Jane Austen
Eva Trout
Eva Trout
162
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
163
Vladimir Nabokov
The Dry Heart (Natalia Ginzburg)
The Dry Heart
164
Natalia Ginzburg
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
165
George Eliot
The Moon and the Bonfires (Cesare Pavese)
The Moon and the Bonfires
166
Cesare Pavese
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
167
Anthony Trollope
The House on the Hill (Cesare Pavese)
The House on the Hill
168
Cesare Pavese
Enduring Love (Ian McEwan)
Enduring Love
169
Ian McEwan
Forbidden Colors (Yukio Mishima)
Forbidden Colors
170
Yukio Mishima
Mother's Milk (Edward St. Aubyn)
Mother's Milk
171
Edward St. Aubyn
The Beginning of Spring (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Beginning of Spring
172
Penelope Fitzgerald
Excellent Women (Barbara Pym)
Excellent Women
173
Barbara Pym
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
Maurice
174
E.M. Forster
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
175
George Eliot
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
176
Thomas Pynchon
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things (Jon McGregor)
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
177
Jon McGregor
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
178
Haruki Murakami
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
179
Haruki Murakami
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
180
Kazuo Ishiguro
You or Someone Like You (Chandler Burr)
You or Someone Like You
181
Chandler Burr
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
182
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
183
Booth Tarkington
Old Filth (Jane Gardam)
Old Filth
184
Jane Gardam
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
185
Sophocles
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
186
Euripides
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight (Nabokov)
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
187
Nabokov
The Cement Garden (Ian McEwan)
The Cement Garden
188
Ian McEwan
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
189
Christopher Isherwood
Embers (Sandor Marai)
Embers
190
Sandor Marai
The Sea, the Sea (Irish Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
191
Irish Murdoch
The Girls of Slender Means (Muriel Spark)
The Girls of Slender Means
192
Muriel Spark
Alone in Berlin (Hans Fallada)
Alone in Berlin
193
Hans Fallada
A Manual for Cleaning Women (Lucia Berlin)
A Manual for Cleaning Women
194
Lucia Berlin
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
195
Oscar Wilde
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
196
Peter Carey
The Echoing Grove
The Echoing Grove
197
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
198
Marilynne Robinson
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (David Wroblewski)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
199
David Wroblewski
Moon Tiger (Penelope Lively)
Moon Tiger
200
Penelope Lively
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