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I try only to recommend books that I've read. Quite a few of these are difficult in terms of their subject matter, but it seems better to know than not to know. Keep on reading, everyone!

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Romancero Gitano (Frederico Garcia Lorca)

Romancero Gitano

161

Frederico Garcia Lorca

Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)

Romeo and Juliet

162

William Shakespeare

S.O.S.: Poems, 1961-2013 (Amiri Baraka)

S.O.S.: Poems, 1961-2013

163

Amiri Baraka

Sailing Alone Around the World (Joshua Slocum)

Sailing Alone Around the World

164

Joshua Slocum

Salad Anniversary (Machi Tawara)

Salad Anniversary

165

Machi Tawara

Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)

Say Nothing

166

Patrick Radden Keefe

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (John Ashbery)

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

167

John Ashbery

Silas Marner (George Eliot)

Silas Marner

168

George Eliot

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)

Six Characters in Search of an Author

169

Luigi Pirandello

Songs of Innocence and Experience (William Blake)

Songs of Innocence and Experience

170

William Blake

Sonnets From the Portuguese (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

Sonnets From the Portuguese

171

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Still Life With Meredith (Ann Lewinson)

Still Life With Meredith

172

Ann Lewinson

Stoner (John Williams)

Stoner

173

John Williams

Sula (Toni Morrison)

Sula

174

Toni Morrison

Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi)

Survival in Auschwitz

175

Primo Levi

Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)

Swann's Way

176

Marcel Proust

Team of Rivals (Doris Goodwin)

Team of Rivals

177

Doris Goodwin

Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)

Tess of the D'urbervilles

178

Thomas Hardy

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

179

Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

180

Mark Twain

The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)

The Age of Innocence

181

Edith Wharton

The Allegory of the Cave (Plato)

The Allegory of the Cave

182

Plato

The Architecture of Happiness (De Botton)

The Architecture of Happiness

183

De Botton

The Awakening (Kate Chopin)

The Awakening

184

Kate Chopin

The Bacchae (Euripides)

The Bacchae

185

Euripides

The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

The Beautiful and Damned

186

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)

The Bell Jar

187

Sylvia Plath

The Betrayal of Anne Frank (Rosemary Sullivan)

The Betrayal of Anne Frank

188

Rosemary Sullivan

The Blood of Emmett Till (Timothy B. Tyson)

The Blood of Emmett Till

189

Timothy B. Tyson

The Brothers (Stephen Kinzer)

The Brothers

190

Stephen Kinzer

The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)

The Catcher in the Rye

191

J.D. Salinger

The Checklist Manifesto (Atul Gawande)

The Checklist Manifesto

192

Atul Gawande

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes

193

Langston Hughes

The Complete Haiku (Matsuo Basho)

The Complete Haiku

194

Matsuo Basho

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

195

Emily Dickinson

The Complete Poems of Hart Crane (Hart Crane)

The Complete Poems of Hart Crane

196

Hart Crane

The Consolations of Philosophy (Alain De Botton)

The Consolations of Philosophy

197

Alain De Botton

The Crucible (Arthur Miller)

The Crucible

198

Arthur Miller

The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)

The Crying of Lot 49

199

Thomas Pynchon

The Death of Truth (Machiko Kakutani)

The Death of Truth

200

Machiko Kakutani

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