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Classics, Perhaps? - 2021 Update - Page 10

A year or so ago, I made up a list of all the works on my TBR that could potentially qualify as classics (aka, they were works I had not read that were at least 50 years old). Here's an update on the current situation, minus the ones I've gotten through (to greater or lesser success), plus the ones I've taken an interest in since then. Which ones will prove to be vital to humanity, and which ones could afford to die a quiet death? We'll just have to see.
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Sunlight on a Broken Column (Attia Hosain)
Sunlight on a Broken Column
361
Attia Hosain
An African Student in China (Emmanuel John Hevi)
An African Student in China
362
Emmanuel John Hevi
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
363
Vladimir Nabokov
The Conversions (Harry Mathews)
The Conversions
364
Harry Mathews
The Selected Works of Djuna Barnes (Djuna Barnes)
The Selected Works of Djuna Barnes
365
Djuna Barnes
The Bull From the Sea (Mary Renault)
The Bull From the Sea
366
Mary Renault
The Little Ottleys (Ada Leverson)
The Little Ottleys
367
Ada Leverson
The Tenants of Moonbloom (Edward Lewis Wallant)
The Tenants of Moonbloom
368
Edward Lewis Wallant
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
369
John Fowles
The Ice Palace (Tarjei Vesaas)
The Ice Palace
370
Tarjei Vesaas
Words (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Words
371
Jean-Paul Sartre
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
372
Christopher Isherwood
Hard Rain Falling (Don Carpenter)
Hard Rain Falling
373
Don Carpenter
Out (Christine Brooke-Rose)
Out
374
Christine Brooke-Rose
A Life Full of Holes (Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi)
A Life Full of Holes
375
Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi
The Duchess of Jermyn Street (Daphne Fielding)
The Duchess of Jermyn Street
376
Daphne Fielding
Garden, Ashes (Danilo Kiš)
Garden, Ashes
377
Danilo Kiš
Miss Macintosh, My Darling (Marguerite Young)
Miss Macintosh, My Darling
378
Marguerite Young
Genoa: A Telling of Wonders (Paul Metcaf)
Genoa: A Telling of Wonders
379
Paul Metcaf
Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
Cosmicomics
380
Italo Calvino
The Catacombs (William Demby)
The Catacombs
381
William Demby
Cyclops (Ranko Marinkovic)
Cyclops
382
Ranko Marinkovic
Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man (U.R. Ananthamurthy)
Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man
383
U.R. Ananthamurthy
Sofia Petrovna (Lydia Chukovskaya)
Sofia Petrovna
384
Lydia Chukovskaya
Astragal (Albertine Sarrazin)
Astragal
385
Albertine Sarrazin
The Falcon (John Tanner)
The Falcon
386
John Tanner
Moment of Freedom: The Heiligenberg Manuscript (Jens Bjørneboe)
Moment of Freedom: The Heiligenberg Manuscript
387
Jens Bjørneboe
To Pieces (Henry Parland)
To Pieces
388
Henry Parland
Inish (Bernard Share)
Inish
389
Bernard Share
Compact (Maurice Roche)
Compact
390
Maurice Roche
A Smuggler's Bible (Joseph McElroy)
A Smuggler's Bible
391
Joseph McElroy
Five Smooth Stones (Ann Fairbairn)
Five Smooth Stones
392
Ann Fairbairn
Death and the Dervish (Mesa Selimovic)
Death and the Dervish
393
Mesa Selimovic
The Pillar of Salt (Albert Memmi)
The Pillar of Salt
394
Albert Memmi
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih)
Season of Migration to the North
395
Tayeb Salih
Valley of the Dolls (Jacquelin Susann)
Valley of the Dolls
396
Jacquelin Susann
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
397
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton (Fawn M. Brodie)
The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton
398
Fawn M. Brodie
Friday (Michel Tournier)
Friday
399
Michel Tournier
Terra Amata (J.M.G. Le Clézio)
Terra Amata
400
J.M.G. Le Clézio
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