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A Slightly Less Canonical Book List

A short list for those who may be getting a bit disheartened by their scores on the majority of the 'Top 100 books you should have read' lists.
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
1
Bret Easton Ellis
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman)
Anno Dracula
2
Kim Newman
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
3
Aldous Huxley
The Call of Chtulhu
The Call of Chtulhu
4
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
5
Kurt Vonnegut
The Centaur (Algernon Blackwood)
The Centaur
6
Algernon Blackwood
Chocky (John Wyndham)
Chocky
7
John Wyndham
Demian
Demian
8
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
9
Frank Herbert
Forever War
Forever War
10
Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum
11
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by M.P. James
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by M.P. James
12
Glass Bead Game
Glass Bead Game
13
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
14
Terry Pratchett
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
Goodbye to Berlin
15
Christopher Isherwood
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
16
Thomas Pynchon
The Hellbound Heart
The Hellbound Heart
17
The Hill of Dreams (Arthur Machen)
The Hill of Dreams
18
Arthur Machen
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
19
Douglas Adams
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
20
Richard Matheson
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
21
Jorge Luis Borges
Life During Wartime (Lucius Shepard)
Life During Wartime
22
Lucius Shepard
Lila
Lila
23
LORD OF LIGHT Roger Zelazny
LORD OF LIGHT Roger Zelazny
24
Malpertuis (Jean Ray)
Malpertuis
25
Jean Ray
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
26
Oliver Sacks
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
27
Ray Bradbury
Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children
28
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
29
William Gibson
The Old Devils
The Old Devils
30
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
31
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
32
Oscar Wilde
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
33
Thomas Harris
Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf
34
Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
Salem's Lot
35
Stephen King
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly
36
Scrödinger's Cat Trilogy (Robert Anton Wilson)
Scrödinger's Cat Trilogy
37
Robert Anton Wilson
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (T.E. Lawrence)
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
38
T.E. Lawrence
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
39
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Snow Spider Trilogy
The Snow Spider Trilogy
40
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