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A New Canon

An attempt to create a new representation of the best literature has to offer, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and comics. The goal of this is that if you read even 10% of this, you'd have a wider range of what literature can be more than a standard "greatest books ever" list.
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100 Bullets (Brian Azzarello & Eduardo Risso)
100 Bullets
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Brian Azzarello & Eduardo Risso
100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
2
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
20th Century Boys (Urasawa, Naoki)
20th Century Boys
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Urasawa, Naoki
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem (Nam Le)
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem
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Nam Le
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
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William Faulkner
Achewood (Chris Onstad)
Achewood
6
Chris Onstad
The Adversary (Emmanuel Carrère)
The Adversary
7
Emmanuel Carrère
After the Fall (Arthur Miller)
After the Fall
8
Arthur Miller
Alice in Borderland (Haro Aso)
Alice in Borderland
9
Haro Aso
All God's Children by Fox Butterfield
All God's Children by Fox Butterfield
10
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
11
Anthony Doerr
All-Star Superman (Grant Morrison)
All-Star Superman
12
Grant Morrison
Always Crashing in the Same Car: A Novel After David Bowie (Lance Olsen)
Always Crashing in the Same Car: A Novel After David Bowie
13
Lance Olsen
The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Kraven's Last Hunt (Various)
The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Kraven's Last Hunt
14
Various
Ambergris (Jeff Vandermeer)
Ambergris
15
Jeff Vandermeer
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
16
Philip Roth
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
17
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
American Slavery, American Freedom (Edmund S. Morgan)
American Slavery, American Freedom
18
Edmund S. Morgan
American Splendor
American Splendor
19
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America
20
Tony Kushner
Animal Man (Grant Morrison)
Animal Man
21
Grant Morrison
Animal's People
Animal's People
22
Animorphs Series (K.A. Applegate)
Animorphs Series
23
K.A. Applegate
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
Arcadia
24
Tom Stoppard
Armies of the Night (Norman Mailer)
Armies of the Night
25
Norman Mailer
Art & Lies (Jeanette Winterson)
Art & Lies
26
Jeanette Winterson
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Sonny Liew)
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
27
Sonny Liew
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
28
William Faulkner
The Assault (Harry Mulisch)
The Assault
29
Harry Mulisch
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation
30
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volum
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volum
31
Astro City
Astro City
32
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
33
Ian McEwan
August: Osage County (Tracy Letts)
August: Osage County
34
Tracy Letts
Augustus (John Williams)
Augustus
35
John Williams
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
36
W.G. Sebald
Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)
Autobiography of Red
37
Anne Carson
Ayako (Osamu Tezuka)
Ayako
38
Osamu Tezuka
Baltasar and Blimunda (José Saramago)
Baltasar and Blimunda
39
José Saramago
Baron Bagge (Alexander Lernet-Holenia)
Baron Bagge
40
Alexander Lernet-Holenia
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