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Books You Would Have Already Read If You Weren't Such a Disappointing Failure - Page 3

Whether because they're established classics, volumes that have been collecting dust on my shelves for years, or books I'm sure I'd love if I simply got around to reading them... these are the most prominent skeletons (or spines, at least) in my literary closet.
Nothing like a good ol' public shaming to get you to finally put down that paranormal romance and pick up Infinite Jest.
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The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
81
Erik Larson
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
82
Madeleine L'engle
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
83
Ursula K. Le Guin
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
84
D.H. Lawrence
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
85
Matthew Lewis
The Skin (Curzio Malaparte)
The Skin
86
Curzio Malaparte
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
87
Malcolm X
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
Melmoth the Wanderer
88
Charles Maturin
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
89
Carson McCullers
Lud-In-The-Mist (Hope Mirrlees)
Lud-In-The-Mist
90
Hope Mirrlees
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
91
Erin Morgenstern
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
92
Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
93
Haruki Murakami
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
94
Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
95
Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
96
Toni Morrison
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
97
Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
98
Vladimir Nabokov
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
99
Tim O'Brien
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
100
Fernando Pessoa
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
101
Robert M Pirsig
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
102
Sylvia Plath
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
103
Michael Pollan
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
104
Thomas Pynchon
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
105
Jean Rhys
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
106
Rainer Maria Rilke
Still Life With Woodpecker (Tom Robbins)
Still Life With Woodpecker
107
Tom Robbins
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
108
Philip Roth
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Name of the Wind
109
Patrick Rothfuss
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
110
Arundhati Roy
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
111
Salman Rushdie
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
112
Oliver Sacks
Justine (The Marquis De Sade)
Justine
113
The Marquis De Sade
The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World
114
Pastoralia
Pastoralia
115
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Mistborn: The Final Empire
116
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
117
Rebecca Skloot
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
118
Patti Smith
The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago
119
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
120
John Steinbeck
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