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An Odd Choice of Books

A selection of titles that do not refer to the books you must read before you die. It's a selection that someday may be read or have been read or are waiting on the table for a beginning. Read on...
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
1
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (James Kirkwood)
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
2
James Kirkwood
I Hate Hamlet (Paul Rudnick)
I Hate Hamlet
3
Paul Rudnick
And to My Nephew Albert I Leave the Island What I Won off Fatty Hagen in a Poker Game (David Forrest)
And to My Nephew Albert I Leave the Island What I Won off Fatty Hagen in a Poker Game
4
David Forrest
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
5
Vladimir Nabokov
On the Black Hill (Bruce Chatwin)
On the Black Hill
6
Bruce Chatwin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
8
Katherine Dunn
The Last Picture Show (Larry McMurtry)
The Last Picture Show
9
Larry McMurtry
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
10
Voltaire
The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
11
Kobo Abe
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
12
Bernhard Schlink
Farewell My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely
13
Raymond Chandler
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
14
James M. Cain
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
15
Gabriel García Márquez
The Bird Artist
The Bird Artist
16
Flora and the Flamingo
Flora and the Flamingo
17
Four Baboons Adoring the Sun (John Guare)
Four Baboons Adoring the Sun
18
John Guare
Mystery Mile (Margery Allingham)
Mystery Mile
19
Margery Allingham
Absurdistan (Gary Shteyngart)
Absurdistan
20
Gary Shteyngart
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
21
Miguel De Cervantes
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
22
Jonathan Safran Foer
Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts)
Shantaram
23
Gregory David Roberts
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
24
Victor Hugo
Waking Beauty (Paul Witcover)
Waking Beauty
25
Paul Witcover
The Witches of Eastwick (John Updike)
The Witches of Eastwick
26
John Updike
I the Jury
I the Jury
27
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
28
The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)
The Caine Mutiny
29
Herman Wouk
East Wind: West Wind
East Wind: West Wind
30
Mrs. Warren's Profession (George Bernard Shaw)
Mrs. Warren's Profession
31
George Bernard Shaw
The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers
32
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
33
Henry James
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
34
Agatha Christie
The Abbess of Crewe (Muriel Spark)
The Abbess of Crewe
35
Muriel Spark
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
36
James Baldwin
Mrs. Bridge/Mr. Bridge (Evan S. Connell)
Mrs. Bridge/Mr. Bridge
37
Evan S. Connell
Mr Bridge (Evan S Connell)
Mr Bridge
38
Evan S Connell
Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol by Okot P'bitek
Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol by Okot P'bitek
39
The Return (Dany Laferriere)
The Return
40
Dany Laferriere
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