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A Literary Critic Doubts You've Read Half of These, but Thinks You Should - Page 8

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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A Cup of Rage (Raduan Nassar)
A Cup of Rage
281
Raduan Nassar
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
282
James Baldwin
The Chronology of Water: A Memoir, Lidia Yuknavitch
The Chronology of Water: A Memoir, Lidia Yuknavitch
283
Hard Rain Falling (Don Carpenter)
Hard Rain Falling
284
Don Carpenter
Nightmare Alley (William Lindsay Gresham)
Nightmare Alley
285
William Lindsay Gresham
A Time of Gifts (Patrick Leigh Fermor)
A Time of Gifts
286
Patrick Leigh Fermor
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
287
Tove Jansson
The Go-Between (L P Hartley)
The Go-Between
288
L P Hartley
The Old Man and Me (Elaine Dundy)
The Old Man and Me
289
Elaine Dundy
Exciting Times (Naoise Dolan)
Exciting Times
290
Naoise Dolan
In the Land of Men (Adrienne Miller)
In the Land of Men
291
Adrienne Miller
All Adults Here (Emma Straub)
All Adults Here
292
Emma Straub
My Dark Vanessa (Kate Elizabeth Russell)
My Dark Vanessa
293
Kate Elizabeth Russell
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
294
Ottessa Moshfegh
Death in Her Hands (Ottessa Moshfegh)
Death in Her Hands
295
Ottessa Moshfegh
My Education (Susan Choi)
My Education
296
Susan Choi
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory (Caitlin Doughty)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory
297
Caitlin Doughty
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
298
Richard Adams
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
299
James Herriot
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
300
Dodie Smith
Wise Children (Angela Carter)
Wise Children
301
Angela Carter
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (E. M. Delafield)
The Diary of a Provincial Lady
302
E. M. Delafield
Mariana (Monica Dickens)
Mariana
303
Monica Dickens
Bleeding Edge (Thomas Pynchon)
Bleeding Edge
304
Thomas Pynchon
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House
305
Carmen Maria Machado
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country (William H. Gass)
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country
306
William H. Gass
The Woman Who Borrowed Memories (Tove Jansson)
The Woman Who Borrowed Memories
307
Tove Jansson
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
308
Min Jin Lee
The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker)
The Silence of the Girls
309
Pat Barker
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
310
Maxine Hong Kingston
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
311
H.P. Lovecraft
The Voyage Out (Virginia Woolf)
The Voyage Out
312
Virginia Woolf
Can't and Won't (Lydia Davis)
Can't and Won't
313
Lydia Davis
Love and Friendship and Other Youthful Writings (Jane Austen)
Love and Friendship and Other Youthful Writings
314
Jane Austen
Storm of Steel (Ernst Jünger)
Storm of Steel
315
Ernst Jünger
Travels With My Aunt (Graham Greene)
Travels With My Aunt
316
Graham Greene
Travels With Charley in Search of America (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley in Search of America
317
John Steinbeck
Autobiography of Red (1998) (Anne Carson)
Autobiography of Red (1998)
318
Anne Carson
The Blue Flower (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Blue Flower
319
Penelope Fitzgerald
My Brilliant Career (Miles Franklin)
My Brilliant Career
320
Miles Franklin
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